Sagina pilifera

Taxobox
name = "Sagina pilifera"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Caryophyllaceae
genus = "Sagina"
species = "S. pilifera"
binomial = "Sagina pilifera"
binomial_authority = (DC.) Fenzl

"Sagina pilifera" (syn. "Spergula pilifera" DC., "Sagina saginoides" (L.) H.Karst. var. "pilifera" (DC.) Fiori) is a species of "Sagina", native (and endemic) to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia, where it grows in mountains at altitudes of 1,000–2,700 m. It is a prostrate herbaceous plant growing to 2–8 cm tall, with white flowers 1 cm in diameter.Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Sagina+&SPECIES_XREF=pilifera&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= "Sagina pilifera"] ] French Flora: [http://crdp2.ac-besancon.fr/flore/flore/Caryophyllaceae/especes/sagina_pilifera.htm "Sagina pilifera" (in French)] ]

Plants from northwestern Europe reported as this species are based on misidentification of "Sagina subulata".Flora of Northern Ireland: [http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp?item=3050 "Sagina subulata"] ] Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=zoeken&zoeknaam=Sagina%20pilifera "Sagina pilifera"] ]

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