Sagina L.

Leaves subulate. Capsule with 4 valves Sagina

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Perennial herb with fibrous roots. Stems numerous up to c. 5 cm high, often rooting at the nodes, forming a mat; some stems without flowers at flowering stage. Flowers solitary, terminal; pedicels curved after flowering. Leaves 10–15 mm long, shortly awned. Widespread. Weed in gardens and pastures. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer. Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens

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Annual with slender taproot. Stems erect or ascending, up to 10 cm high, not rooting at the nodes; all stems with flowers at flowering stage.