Sagina L.
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.
Leaves 2–10 mm long, finely awned at apex, ciliate towards base. Flowers in a terminal cyme; often glandular hairy; pedicels straight after flowering. Fruiting sepals spreading. Coast and Cumberland Plain. Weed in moist gardens and pastures. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer. Annual Pearlwort Sagina apetala
Leaves ± fleshy, 3–15 mm long, obtuse to acute or minutely mucronate; margins not ciliate. Inflorescence without glandular hairs. Fruiting sepals erect. Coastal areas. Introd. from Europe and Africa Fl. spring. Sea Pearlwort Sagina maritima