PLANTS Profile for Sagina saginoides (arctic pearlwort)

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Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.
arctic pearlwort

Symbol:

SASA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 51. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

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Synonyms:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

	SALI6	Sagina linnaei C. Presl
	SAMI16	Sagina micrantha (Bunge) Fernald
	SASAH	Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst. var. hesperia Fernald
	SPSA4	Spergella saginoides (L.) Rchb.

Distribution:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, NT, NU, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 11 species in Sagina

Classification:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Sagina L. – pearlwort
Species	Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst. – arctic pearlwort

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

FACW

FACW+

FACW

FACW-

OBL

FAC

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More Accounts and Images:
Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20035.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 05:46 AM MDT