Plants : CaryophyllaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Sagina apetala Ard.

Annual Pearlwort

Description: An annual species, more erect than Sagina procumbens. It has tiny flowers with no petals, or occasionally with 4 minute green petals. The leaves end in a bristle-like point.

It is frequent on walls and on bare dry ground.

All names: Sagina apetala Ard.; Sagina apetala sens. lat. Ard.

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

iNaturalist: Sagina apetala at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Sagina apetala. Ard.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4655. Accessed on 2026-11-02.