PLANTS Profile for Sagina subulata (awl-leaf pearlwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl
awl-leaf pearlwort

Symbol:

SASU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

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Synonyms:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

SAHA4

Sagina hawaiensis Pax

Distribution:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl


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USA (HI, OR, VA)

Related Taxa:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 11 species in Sagina

Classification:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Sagina L. – pearlwort
Species	Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl – awl-leaf pearlwort

Introduced Information:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20036.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 12:52 AM CDT