Caryophyllaceae
Antarctic pearlwort
Colobanthus quitensis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Colobanthus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Afrikaans
- Antarktiese pêrelkruid
- Arabic
- كولوبنط كيتوني
- arz
- كولوبنط كيتونى
- Catalan
- Clavell antàrtic
- Chinese
- 南极漆姑草, 南極漆姑草
- English
- Antarctic pearlwort, Anarctic pearlwort
- Esperanto
- Antarkta perloradiko
- French
- Sagine antarctique
- German
- Antarktische Perlwurz
- Hungarian
- Felemásvirágú szegfű
- Japanese
- ナンキョクミドリナデシコ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Antarktisk perleurt
- Persian
- صدفیسای جنوبگان, صدفی سای جنوبگان
- Polish
- Kolobant antarktyczny
- Russian
- Колобантус кито, Антарктическая мшанка, Антарктическая сагина, Колабантус Кито, Колобант кито, Колобант толстолистный, Колобантус толстолистный, Мшанка антарктическая
- Spanish
- Clavel antartico, Clavel antártico
Synonyms
- Colobanthus alatus Pax
- Colobanthus aretioides Gillies ex Hook.
- Colobanthus aretioides Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Colobanthus billardieri Fenzl
- Colobanthus cherlerioides Hook.f.
- Colobanthus crassifolius (d'Urv.) Hook.f.
- Colobanthus crassifolius var. aretioides (Gillies) Macloskie
- Colobanthus maclovianus Gand.
- Colobanthus meingeni Phil.
- Colobanthus quitensis var. alatus Hosseus
- Colobanthus saginoides Bartl.
- Sagina crassifolia d'Urv.
- Sagina graminifolia Wedd.
- Sagina haenkeana Gay
- Sagina magellanica Willd. ex F.Phil.
- Sagina quitensis Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sharon Chester, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Principe Mendoza Babilon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Parnikoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Parnikoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastián Saiter V., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paúl Gonzáles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.