Sagina

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Sagina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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