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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.