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1. Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst., Deutsch. Fl. Pharm. -Med. Bat. 539. 1882. Steinb. in Kom., Fl. URSS. 6: 471. 1936; Cullen in Davis, Fl. Turk. 2:90. 1967; Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 250. 1972.
SHAHINA A. GHAZANFAR & YASIN J. NASIR
Sagina linnaei PreslSagina procumbens sensu Edgew. & Hook. f.Spergula saginoides L.
Small caespitose perennial with procumbent to ascending stems. Stems 3-7 cm, slender, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 mm, linear, glabrous, apex acute, base connate, with a scarious margin. Flowers 1 (-2). Sepals 5,1. 5-2 mm, ovate-oblong, apex rounded, margin hyaline. Petals white, shorter than the sepals or absent. Stamens 5-10. Styles 5. Capsule longer than the sepals, splitting by 5 valves. Seeds less than 0.5 mm, subglobose to triangular, smooth.
Fl. Per.: June-July.
Type: Described from France and Siberia, Hb. Linn. 604/6 (LINN).
Distribution: Scandinavia, C. & .W. Asia, Siberia, W. China, N. Japan, N. America & Mexico.
A common plant found amongst stones and rocky slopes from 1759-3200 m.
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