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'''''Sagina subulata''''' ('''Heath Pearlwort'''; [[synonymy|syn.]] ''Sagina pilifera'' auct. non (DC.) Fenzl) is a species of ''[[Sagina]]'', native to [[Europe]], from [[Iceland]] south to [[Spain]], and east to southern [[Sweden]] and [[Romania]]. It occurs on dry sandy or gravelly soils.<ref>[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Sagina&SPECIES_XREF=subulata&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Sagina subulata'']</ref><ref>[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/caryophylla/sagin/sagisub.html Den virtuella floran: ''Sagina subulata'' (in Swedish, with maps)]</ref><ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1928 ''Sagina subulata'']</ref>
| name = ''Sagina subulata''
 
| common_names = Heath Pearlwort
Heath Pearlwort is a low-growing prostrate perennial plant forming a thick, dense mat with stems less than 10 cm long, and slender subulate (awl-shaped) [[leaf|leaves]] up to 1 cm long. The [[flower]]s are 4–5 mm diameter, with five white petals the same length as the green sepals; they are produced singly on erect stems 2–4 cm long. The seeds are smooth, brown, triangular shaped, 0.4–0.5 mm, produced in a [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 2.5–3 mm long.<ref name=fnwe/><ref name=blamey>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref><ref>[http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=flora_nl&id=2468&menuentry=soorten ''Sagina subulata'']</ref>
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Caryophyllales
| familia = Caryophyllaceae
| genus = Sagina
| species = subulata
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''Sagina subulata'' ( syn. ''S. pilifera'' Hort., ''Spergula pilifera'' Hort., ''Spergula subulata'' Sw.). Heath Pearlwort. An evergreen, hardy, densely tufted little plant, covering the ground like a sheet of moss: lvs. very small, stiff, aristate on the margin, linear: sts. branching and creeping: fls. white, studded all over the plant on long, very slender peduncles. July-Sept. Corsica. R.H. 1896, p. 435. R.B. 20:153. Var. aurea has lvs. marked with yellow. A good rock-plant in shady places. Cult. similar to [[Arenaria]]. Prop. by division.
''Sagina subulata'' ( syn. ''S. pilifera'' Hort., ''Spergula pilifera'' Hort., ''Spergula subulata'' Sw.). Heath Pearlwort. An evergreen, hardy, densely tufted little plant, covering the ground like a sheet of moss: lvs. very small, stiff, aristate on the margin, linear: sts. branching and creeping: fls. white, studded all over the plant on long, very slender peduncles. July-Sept. Corsica.  
 
Var. aurea has lvs. marked with yellow. A good rock-plant in shady places. Cult. similar to [[Arenaria]]. Prop. by division.
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==Species==
== Varieties ==
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There are two [[variety (botany)|varieties]], ''Sagina subulata'' var. ''subulata'' with glandular-hairy sepals, and ''Sagina subulata'' var. ''glabrata'' Gillot with hairless sepals; the latter is often a [[lawn]] weed, and has been confused with the related Mediterranean species ''[[Sagina pilifera]]''.<ref name=fnwe/><ref name=fni>Flora of Northern Ireland: [http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp?item=3050 ''Sagina subulata'']</ref> The [[cultivar]] 'Aurea' is grown as a garden plant.<ref>[http://www.horticopia.com/hortpix/html/pb11286.htm Horticopia: ''Sagina subulata'' 'Aurea']</ref>


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 Sagina subulata subsp. var.  Golden pearlwort, Heath Pearlwort
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Sagina subulata (Heath Pearlwort; syn. Sagina pilifera auct. non (DC.) Fenzl) is a species of Sagina, native to Europe, from Iceland south to Spain, and east to southern Sweden and Romania. It occurs on dry sandy or gravelly soils.[1][2][3]

Heath Pearlwort is a low-growing prostrate perennial plant forming a thick, dense mat with stems less than 10 cm long, and slender subulate (awl-shaped) leaves up to 1 cm long. The flowers are 4–5 mm diameter, with five white petals the same length as the green sepals; they are produced singly on erect stems 2–4 cm long. The seeds are smooth, brown, triangular shaped, 0.4–0.5 mm, produced in a capsule 2.5–3 mm long.[3][4][5]


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sagina subulata ( syn. S. pilifera Hort., Spergula pilifera Hort., Spergula subulata Sw.). Heath Pearlwort. An evergreen, hardy, densely tufted little plant, covering the ground like a sheet of moss: lvs. very small, stiff, aristate on the margin, linear: sts. branching and creeping: fls. white, studded all over the plant on long, very slender peduncles. July-Sept. Corsica.

Var. aurea has lvs. marked with yellow. A good rock-plant in shady places. Cult. similar to Arenaria. Prop. by division.


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Varieties

There are two varieties, Sagina subulata var. subulata with glandular-hairy sepals, and Sagina subulata var. glabrata Gillot with hairless sepals; the latter is often a lawn weed, and has been confused with the related Mediterranean species Sagina pilifera.[3][6] The cultivar 'Aurea' is grown as a garden plant.[7]

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References

External links


  1. ↑ Flora Europaea: Sagina subulata
  2. ↑ Den virtuella floran: Sagina subulata (in Swedish, with maps)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flora of NW Europe: Sagina subulata
  4. ↑ Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
  5. ↑ Sagina subulata
  6. ↑ Flora of Northern Ireland: Sagina subulata
  7. ↑ Horticopia: Sagina subulata 'Aurea'
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