Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Sagina > Sagina procumbensSagina procumbens (birdeye pearlwort; procumbent pearlwort; birdseye pearlwort)Synonyms: Sagina boydii; Sagina fasciculata; Sagina procumbens littoralis; Sagina procumbens var. compacta; Sagina procumbens var. luxurians; Sagina truncata Sagina procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names procumbent pearlwort, birdeye pearlwort and matted pearlwort. It can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and parts of South America. It is a common weed of many environments. It can be found in wild and disturbed habitat, especially moist areas. It can sometimes be seen growing in lawns or in cracks in the sidewalk. This is a perennial herb forming clumps or mats of hairless green herbage, sometimes vaguely resembling a patch of moss. The leaves are linear and up to 1 or 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a solitary flower with four or five sepals and four or five small white petals, but the petals are sometimes absent. |
Height [1] | 8 inches (.2 m) | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Herb | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [2] | Moist |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik |
Ia |
458883 |
Russia |
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Bassegi Zapovednik |
Ia |
93739 |
Perm, Russia |
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Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Berchtesgaden Alps National Park |
II |
51433 |
Germany |
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Bialowieza National Park |
II |
11126 |
Poland |
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Border Mires, Kielder – Butterburn |
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29286 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairngorms |
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142543 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Craven Limestone Complex |
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13166 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dornoch Firth and Morrich More |
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21499 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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East Caithness Cliffs |
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1094 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Forillon National Park |
II |
61010 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Galichia Gora Zapovednik |
Ia |
568 |
Lipetsk, Russia |
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Glen Coe |
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7329 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Gros Morne National Park |
II |
476632 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ingleborough Complex |
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14256 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
692723 |
Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kouchibouguac National Park |
II |
59161 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Lago Puelo National Park |
II |
47607 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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757114 |
Russia |
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Lewis Peatlands |
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69055 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Merrick Kells |
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21494 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moorfoot Hills |
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21001 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve |
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293047 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahuel Huapi National Park |
II |
759703 |
Argentina |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve |
II |
137900 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve |
IV |
12219 |
Moscow, Russia |
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Reserva Biológica Cerro las Vueltas Biological Reserve |
Ia |
1985 |
Costa Rica |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taynish National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Terra Nova National Park |
IV |
125894 |
Newfoundland, Canada |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
62630 |
Russia |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Zhuvintas Zapovednik |
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18223 |
Lithuania |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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