Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Knotted Pearlwort, Sagina nodosa, Mongán glúineach
Photographs: Co. Cork and Co. Clare

Knotted Pearlwort
Sagina nodosa
Mongán glúineach
Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native.

White flowers with 5 un-notched petals 2x longer than the sepals. Tiny narrow, pointed leaves with leafy tufts at base growing from a central leaf rosette with lateral flowering stems. Height 5-15cm.

Prefers open, damp, calcareous ground. Usually lowland on dunes, dune-slacks and coastal grassland but also found in mountainous areas.

Knotted Pearlwort, Sagina nodosa, Mongán glúineach

Knotted Pearlwort, Sagina nodosa, Mongán glúineach
Knotted Pearlwort, Sagina nodosa, Mongán glúineach

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