Plants : CaryophyllaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Sagina maritima G.Don

Sea Pearlwort

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Sagina maritima

Description: A branched annual pearlwort with tiny flowers with no petals or with 4 minute green petals; leaves without the short bristle-like point found at the ends of those of other pearlworts (Sagina procumbens and S. apetala). It is frequent on walls, rocks and gravels on or near the sea shore.

All names: Sagina maritima G.Don

Distribution Map from NBN: Sagina maritima at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Sagina maritima at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Sagina maritima. G.Don. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3043. Accessed on 2026-11-02.