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'''''Sagina''''' (like ''[[Colobanthus]]'' called '''"pearlworts"''') is a genus of 20–30 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Caryophyllaceae]]. These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]] extending south to [[tropical]] [[mountain]] areas at high altitudes, reaching just south of the [[equator]] in [[Africa]]. They are small [[annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plants, erect or prostrate, growing to 5–15 cm tall or broad. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, often in tight whorl-like clusters, simple linear, typically 5–20 mm long. The [[flower]]s are solitary or in small [[Cyme (botany)|cymes]], with five green sepals and five white petals; the petal size relative to the sepal size is useful in species identification. The [[fruit]] is a small [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing several [[seed]]s.<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref><ref name=afpd>African Flowering Plants Database: [http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/resultat.php ''Sagina'']</ref><ref name=blamey>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref><ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129013 ''Sagina'']</ref> {{Inc| Sagina (Latin, fatness; perhaps alluding to the forage value). Caryophyllaceae. Pearlwort. Annual or perennial tufted herbs, sometimes used for edging. Leaves awl-shaped: fls. small, usually comparatively long-stemmed; sepals 4-5; petals 4-5, entire or slightly emarginate, minute or none; stamens equal in number to the sepals or twice as many; ovary 1-loculed, many-seeded; styles of the same number as the sepals and alternate with them.—About 50 species, natives of the temperate and colder regions of the world. }} <!-- Remove the following line if this is a genus article, leave if it is a species and replace GENUS NAME HERE --> :''More information about this species can be found on the [[GENUSNAMEHERE|genus page]].'' ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== {| |- valign=top | *''[[Sagina abyssinica]]'' *''[[Sagina afroalpina]]'' *''[[Sagina apetala]]'' - Annual Pearlwort *''[[Sagina boydii]]'' - Boyd's Pearlwort *''[[Sagina brachysepala]]'' *''[[Sagina caespitosa]]'' *''[[Sagina decumbens]]'' - Trailing Pearlwort *''[[Sagina glabra]]'' *''[[Sagina japonica]]'' - Japanese Pearlwort *''[[Sagina maritima]]'' - Sea Pearlwort | *''[[Sagina maxima]]'' - Stickystem Pearlwort *''[[Sagina melitensis]]'' *''[[Sagina muscosa]]'' *''[[Sagina nivalis]]'' - Snow Pearlwort *''[[Sagina nodosa]]'' - Knotted Pearlwort *''[[Sagina pilifera]]'' *''[[Sagina procumbens]]'' - Procumbent Pearlwort *''[[Sagina sabuletorum]]'' *''[[Sagina saginoides]]'' - Alpine or Arctic Pearlwort *''[[Sagina subulata]]'' - Heath Pearlwort (syn. ''S. pilifera'') |} ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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