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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>
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Sagina (Latin, fatness; perhaps alluding to the forage value). Caryophyllaceae. Pearlwort. Annual or perennial tufted herbs, sometimes used for edging.
Sagina (Latin, fatness; perhaps alluding to the forage value). Caryophyllaceae. Pearlwort. Annual or perennial tufted herbs, sometimes used for edging.
==Species==
==Species==
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*''[[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
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*''[[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'')
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