Caryophyllaceae
Arctic pearlwort
Sagina saginoides
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Sagina
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Common names
By language (16)
- arz
- ساجينا ساجينويدس
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена мъховка
- Chinese
- 无毛漆姑草, 無毛漆姑草, 漆姑草, 珍珠草
- Czech
- Úrazník skalní
- English
- Arctic pearlwort
- Finnish
- Tunturihaarikko
- German
- Alpen-Mastkraut
- hsb
- Skalna kormjenka
- Icelandic
- Langkrækill
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Setersmåarve
- Persian
- صدفیسا
- Polish
- Karmnik skalny
- Slovenian
- Alpski pitomec
- Swedish
- Stennarv
- Ukrainian
- Моховинка моховидна
- Welsh
- Corwlyddyn y mynydd
Synonyms
- Alsine linnaei Jess.
- Alsine saginoides (L.) Crantz
- Alsinella alpestris Bubani
- Alsinella saginoides (L.) Greene
- Phaloe saginoides (L.) Dumort.
- Sagina arctica Scheutz
- Sagina baumgartenii Simonk.
- Sagina kevandensis Boiss. & Reut.
- Sagina linnaei C.Presl
- Sagina linnaei var. micrantha (Bunge) Fenzl
- Sagina macrocarpa (Rchb.) Maly
- Sagina micrantha Fernald
- Sagina nevadensis Boiss.
- Sagina olympica Stoyanov & Jordanov
- Sagina pyrenaica Rouy
- Sagina quinquevalvis Gilli
- Sagina rosoni Merino
- Sagina saginoides subsp. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Greuter & Burdet
- Sagina saginoides subsp. parviflora Litard. & Maire
- Sagina saginoides subsp. saginoides
- Sagina saginoides var. hesperia Fernald
- Sagina saginoides var. saginoides
- Sagina saxatilis (Wimm. & Grab.) Wimm.
- Sagina spergella Fenzl
- Spergella macrocarpa Rchb.
- Spergella saginoides (L.) Rchb.
- Spergula micrantha Bunge
- Spergula saginoides L.
- Spergula saxatilis Wimm.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Francois Mansour, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.