Sagina procumbens

Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/04/2006, 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 name

procumbent pearlwort

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Authority

Sagina procumbens L.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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SAGPRO

Habitat

Favours damp sites (Webb et al 1988)

Flowering

(August) May

Flower colours

Cream, Green

Fruiting

August- (May)

Year naturalised

1873

Origin

Europe, Siberia, N. America

Etymology

procumbens: Sprawling

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