Sagina subulata

Sagina subulata
Plant in flower, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Sagina
Species:
S. subulata
Binomial name
Sagina subulata
Synonyms[1]
  • Alsine subulata (Sw.) E.H.L. Krause
  • Phaloe subulata (Sw.) Dumort.
  • Spergella subulata (Sw.) Rchb.
  • Spergula subulata Sw.
Not to be confused with Chondrus crispus, a red algae also called Irish Moss.

Sagina subulata (syn. Sagina pilifera), the heath pearlwort,[2] Irish-moss,[3] awl-leaf pearlwort[4] or Scottish moss, is a species of flowering plant in the pink and carnation family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe, from Iceland south to Spain, and east to southern Sweden and Romania. It occurs on dry sandy or gravelly soils.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Sagina subulata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ NRCS. "Sagina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. ^ Flora Europaea: Sagina subulata
  6. ^ Den virtuella floran: Sagina subulata (in Swedish, with maps)
  7. ^ Flora of NW Europe: Sagina subulata