Caryophyllaceae
Tufted pearlwort
Sagina caespitosa
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Sagina
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Sagina caespitosaCaryophyllaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Tufted pearlwort
- Icelandic
- Fjallkrækill
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stuttsmåarve, Stuttarve
- Swedish
- Tuvnarv
Synonyms
- Arenaria caespitosa J.Vahl
- Sagina nivalis var. caespitosa (Lange) B.Boivin
- Spergella caespitosa (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.