Slender Pearlwort - Sagina filicaulis
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Slender Pearlwort - Sagina filicaulis | dylan | Floating Harbour and River Avon | 30 Apr 2023, 8:24 p.m. | 25 Apr 2023, 4:33 p.m. |
Species Description
Stace 4:
Sagina filicaulis Jord. (S. micropetala Rauschert, S. apetala auct. non Ard., S. apetala ssp. erecta F. Herm.) - Slender Pearlwort.
Differs from S. apetala in well-developed capsules protruding from sepals by ≥12% (not<10%) of their length; sepals often red (not white) on margins; 2n=12. Native; paths, walls and bare cultivated ground, probably commoner in man-made habitats than S. apetala; Common through most of British Isles.
Key:
- Leaves abruptly protracted into fine point >0.1mm
- Sepals in at least some flowers patent in fruit, the outer subobtuse to obtuse or hooded.