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| name = ''LATINNAME''  <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->

|familia=Caryophyllaceae

| common_names =     <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->

|genus=Sagina

| growth_habit =     <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->

| high =     <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

|common_name=Golden pearlwort, Heath Pearlwort

| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

|habit=herbaceous

| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->

| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->

| exposure =     <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->

|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| water =     <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->

|Max wd box=12

| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->

|Max wd metric=in

| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->

|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->

|origin=Europe

| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->

|lifespan=perennial

| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->

|exposure=sun, part-sun

| color = IndianRed

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

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|water=moist

| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book

| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->

|features=drought tolerant, ground cover

| regnum = Plantae  <!--- Kingdom -->

|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer

| divisio =   <!--- Phylum -->

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| classis =   <!--- Class -->

|flowers=white

| ordo =   <!--- Order -->

|Temp Metric=°F

| familia =   <!--- Family -->

|min_zone=4

| genus =  

|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

| species =  

|max_zone=7

| subspecies =

|sunset_zones=1-11, 14-24, 32-43

| cultivar =  

|image=Sagina_subulata_a1.jpg

|image_width=240

|image_caption=Plant in flower

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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>

 

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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''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.  

Sagina subulata, Wimm. (S. pilifera, Hort. Spergula pilifera, Hort. Spergula subulata, Sw.). 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.

 

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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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

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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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