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Sagina pilifera

Sagina pilifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Sagina
Species: S. pilifera
Binomial name
Sagina pilifera
(DC.) Fenzl
Synonyms
  • Spergula pilifera DC.

Sagina pilifera is a species of Sagina, native (and endemic) to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia, where it grows in mountains at altitudes of 1,000–2,700 m. It is a prostrate herbaceous plant growing to 2–8 cm tall, with white flowers 1 cm in diameter.

Plants from northwestern Europe reported as this species are based on misidentification of Sagina subulata.



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