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.