Citation: Don, Herb. Brit. fasc. 7:155 (1806).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Sea pearlwort.

Description:
Annual, stems c. 10 cm high, usually glabrous, varying from procumbent to erect, lateral branches sometimes tufted, not rooting; leaves more or less fleshy, linear-lanceolate, obtuse or mucronulate but not aristate, c. 8 mm long.

Peduncles erect, much longer than the leaves, glabrous, filiform; flowers usually 4-merous; sepals ovate, obtuse, not mucronate; petals minute or absent.

Capsule oblong, ovoid, equalling the persistent sepals; seeds brown, papillose.

	Sagina maritima
Image source: fig. 143b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1951) Drawings Brit. Pl. 5:t. 52.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; ?N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand; native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: mainly Sept. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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