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| name = ''Sagina subulata''
|familia=Caryophyllaceae
| common_names = Irish moss, Scotch moss
|genus=Sagina
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=subulata
| 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 -->
|Max ht box=1
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht metric=in
| exposure = full sun, part-shade
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| water = regular
|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 = 1-11, 14-24, 32-43
|exposure=sun, part-sun
| color = IndianRed
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|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
|image=Sagina_subulata_a1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Plant in flower
}}
}}
'''''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.
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 ==
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>
==Gallery==
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