Caryophyllaceae
Japanese pearlwort
Sagina japonica
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Sagina
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 日本漆姑草, 漆姑草, 瓜槌草, 星宿草, 珍珠草, 腺漆古草, 腺漆姑草
- English
- Japanese pearlwort, Asian pearlwort
- Japanese
- ツメクサ, エイジャン・パールウォート, サジーナ・ジャポニカ, 爪草
- Korean
- 개미자리
Synonyms
- Sagina echinosperma Hayata
- Sagina sinensis Hance
- Sagina taquetii H.Lév.
- Spergula japonica Sw. ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Makoto hasuma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sagina
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- Knotted pearlwortSagina nodosaCaryophyllaceae
- Arctic pearlwortSagina saginoidesCaryophyllaceae
- Sea pearlwortSagina maritimaCaryophyllaceae
- Annual pearlwortSagina apetalaCaryophyllaceae
- Stickystem pearlwortSagina maximaCaryophyllaceae
- Snow pearlwortSagina nivalisCaryophyllaceae
- Tufted pearlwortSagina caespitosaCaryophyllaceae
- Trailing pearlwortSagina decumbensCaryophyllaceae
- Sagina glabraCaryophyllaceae
- Sagina micropetalaCaryophyllaceae
- Sagina piliferaCaryophyllaceae
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.