Caryophyllaceae
Procumbent pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Sagina
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- ساجينة منبسطة, سجينة
- Belarusian
- Гарыца ляжачая, Астрыца, Астрыцы, Гарыца, Гарыцы
- Chinese
- 仰卧漆姑草, 仰臥漆姑草
- Czech
- Úrazník položený
- Danish
- Almindelig Firling
- Dutch
- Liggende vetmuur
- English
- Procumbent pearlwort, Birdeye pearlwort
- Estonian
- Lamav kesakann
- Finnish
- Rentohaarikko
- French
- Sagine couchée, Sagine rampante, Saginion procumbensis
- German
- Niederliegendes Mastkraut, Alpines Niederliegendes Mastkraut, Gewöhnliches Niederliegendes Mastkraut, Küsten-Niederliegendes Mastkraut, Liegender Knebel, Liegendes Mastkraut, Niederliegender Knebel
- hsb
- Drobnuška kormjenka
- Icelandic
- Skammkrækill
- Irish
- Mongán sínte
- Japanese
- アライトツメクサ
- Latvian
- Gulošā gaurenīte
- Polish
- Karmnik rozesłany, Karmink rozesłany
- Russian
- Мшанка лежачая
- Slovak
- Machovička položená
- Slovenian
- Polegli pitomec
- Swedish
- Krypnarv
- Ukrainian
- Мокрець
- Welsh
- Corwlyddyn gorweddol
Synonyms
- Alsine procumbens Crantz
- Alsinella procumbens Bubani
- Colobanthus repens Colenso
- Sagina anomala Rouy & Foucaud
- Sagina apetala var. melanopotamica Speg.
- Sagina apetala var. paludosa Speg.
- Sagina boydii F.B.White
- Sagina breviflora Gilib.
- Sagina bryoides Froel. ex Rchb.
- Sagina corsica Jord.
- Sagina fasciculata Poir.
- Sagina muscoides W.D.J.Koch
- Sagina muscosa Jord.
- Sagina pentamera Rouy & Foucaud
- Sagina procumbens var. compacta Lange
- Sagina procumbens var. procumbens
- Sagina truncata Colenso
- Sagina viscida Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to January (from 402 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Terri Koontz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Manfred Morgner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:14, 4 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sagina
- Knotted pearlwortSagina nodosaCaryophyllaceae
- Arctic pearlwortSagina saginoidesCaryophyllaceae
- Sea pearlwortSagina maritimaCaryophyllaceae
- Annual pearlwortSagina apetalaCaryophyllaceae
- Japanese pearlwortSagina japonicaCaryophyllaceae
- 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.