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Scientific Name: | Sagina procumbens |
Common Name: | birdeye pearlwort |
Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
Origin: | Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural) |
Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
Texture: | Fine |
Landscape Uses: | Golf green |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
Soil or Media: | |
Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
Flowers: | Cyme, White, Green, Violet, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves linear, most 4-15mm long x 0.4-1mm wide on stem, basal leaves up to 2x larger; flowers with 4-5 green sepals and 4-5 small white petals (sometimes violet or absent), 3-4mm wide; capsules 2-3mm wide. |