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Sagina apetala

Hutt River north of Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 02/12/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

pearlwort

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green, Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Authority

Sagina apetala Ard.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1867

Origin

Eurasia

Other information

Etymology

apetala: From the Latin prefix a- ‘without’ and petalum ‘petal’,

NVS code

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