- Sagina
Taxobox
name = "Sagina"
image_size = 240px
image_caption = "Sagina procumbens"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Sagina"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = See text"Sagina" (like "
Colobanthus " called "pearlworts") is a genus of 20–30 species offlowering plant s in the familyCaryophyllaceae . These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of theNorthern Hemisphere extending south totropical mountain areas at high altitudes, reaching just south of theequator inAfrica . They are small annual or perennialherbaceous plants, erect or prostrate, growing to 5–15 cm tall or broad. The leaves are opposite, often in tight whorl-like clusters, simple linear, typically 5–20 mm long. Theflower s are solitary or in smallcyme s, with five green sepals and five white petals; the petal size relative to the sepal size is useful in species identification. Thefruit is a small capsule containing severalseed s.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.] African Flowering Plants Database: [http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/resultat.php "Sagina"] ] Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). "Flora of Britain and Northern Europe". ISBN 0-340-40170-2] Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129013 "Sagina"] ];Species:Sources:Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Sagina&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=species "Sagina"] ] Flora of North America: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=129013 "Sagina"] ] USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SAGIN "Sagina"] ]
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