Knotted Pearlwort

Sagina nodosa

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Caryophyllales

Family:

Caryophyllaceae (Pink)

Also in this family:

Annual Pearlwort, Bladder Campion, Bog Stitchwort, Bouncing Bett, Childing Pink, Clove Pink, Common Chickweed, Common Corn-cockle, Common Mouse-ear, Common Soapwort, Corn Spurrey, Deptford Pink, Greater Chickweed, Greater Stitchwort, Lesser Sea-spurrey, Lesser Stitchwort, Procumbent Pearlwort, Proliferous Pink, Ragged Robin, Red Campion, Rock Sea-spurrey, Sea Campion, Sea Sandwort, Snow-in-summer, Spring Sandwort, Sticky Mouse-ear, Sweet William, Three-nerved Sandwort, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, White Campion

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

15 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Beaches, cliffs, grassland, heathland, lawns, meadows, mountains, rocks, sand dunes, seaside, wasteland, waterside.

Flower:

White, 5 petals

5 unnotched white petals reaching up to 1cm across. Our largest flowered Pearlwort in the UK.

Fruit:

Dull yellow, egg-shaped capsule. 4 or 5 valves, usually 5.

Leaves:

Basal rosette and stem leaves are both present. The stalkless stem leaves are positioned in opposite pairs and get smaller towards the top. The linear leaves are untoothed and thread-like, smooth and occasionally fleshy.

Other Names:

Knotted Spurrey, Lawn Pearlwort.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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