Caryophyllaceae
Knotted pearlwort
Sagina nodosa
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Sagina
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Гарыца вузлаватая
- Czech
- Úrazník uzlovitý
- Dutch
- Sierlijke vetmuur
- English
- Knotted pearlwort
- Estonian
- Sõlmine kesakann
- Finnish
- Nyylähaarikko
- French
- Sagine noueuse
- German
- Knotiges Mastkraut
- hsb
- Sučkata kormjenka
- Hungarian
- Csomós zöldhúr
- Icelandic
- Hnúskakrækill
- Latvian
- Mezglainā gaurenīte
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Knoppsmåarve, Knopparve
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Knopparve, Knoppsmåarve
- Polish
- Karmnik kolankowaty
- Slovenian
- Velecvetni pitomec
- Swedish
- Knutnarv
- Ukrainian
- Моховинка вузлувата
- Welsh
- Corwlyddyn clymog
Synonyms
- Alsine nodosa (L.) Crantz
- Alsinella nodosa (L.) Bubani
- Arenaria nodosa (L.) Wallr.
- Moehringia nodosa [Clairv.]
- Phaloe nodosa (L.) Dumort.
- Sagina glandulifera (Schur) Nyman
- Sagina glandulosa (Besser) Nyman
- Sagina laxa Bonnier
- Sagina nodosa f. nodosa
- Sagina nodosa var. nodosa
- Sagina nodosa var. pubescens (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) W.D.J.Koch
- Spergella nodosa (L.) Rchb.
- Spergula nodosa L.
- Stellaria nodosa (L.) Scop.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marie Portas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfr. Andersson, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. L. Fernald, J. F. Collins, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.