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Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.  

Synon.:  Sagina apetala  ARD.  subsp. erecta  (HORNEM.) F.HERM.

Genus:  Sagina  L.
 

Authors:
   RAUSCHERT:  Stephan Rauschert (1931 - 1986), German botanist
   ARD.:  Pietro Arduino (1728 - 1805), Italian botanist
   HORNEM.:  Jens Wilken Hornemann (1770 - 1841), Danish botanist
   F.HERM.:  Friedrich Hermann (1873 - 1967), German botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Sagina:   sagina = feeding
   micropetala:   small petals
   apetala:   without petals
   erecta:   erect
 

Sagina micropetala is one of three Sagina species without or with reduced petals, which occur in big parts of Europe. Sagina micropetala differs from the more common Sagina procumbens in that it grows erect. Sagina micropetala differs from the similar Sagina apetala, at which the sepals are attached to the capsule, by the sepals which are protruding, and are slightly different in pairs: The two inner sepals are somewhat narrower than the two outer ones, are hood-like at the outside, and also carry a small protruding tip initially, which, however, seems to fall off relatively easily. Also at fruiting Sagina procumbens the petals are protruding, but there all four are alike. The awns at the tips of the rather short leaves of Sagina micropetala are longer than half the leaf width, however, these awns seem to fall off relatively easily at all three species.

 

Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Fig. 1:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Fig. 2:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Fig. 3:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Fig. 4:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
I Tolentino 31.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 5:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 6:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 7:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 8:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 9:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Fig. 10:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Odenwald, Hilsenhain 26.5.2007
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020
Fig. 11:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020
Fig. 12:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Hunsrück, Börfink 18.7.2020
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008
Fig. 13:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008
Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort, D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008
Fig. 14:  Sagina micropetala / Fringed Pearlwort
D Enkenbach-Alsenborn 20.7.2008

 


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