Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Heath Pearlwort, Sagina subulata, Mongán móna
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Heath Pearlwort
Sagina subulata
Mongán móna
Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering June-August. Perennial. Native.

Small 5-petalled white flowers with 10 stamens on erect, leafless stalks. Petals shorter than or as long as sepals. Sepals glandular-hairy or hairless (var. glabrata). Narrow, bristle-tipped leaves. Non-flowering central leaf rosette, numerous prostrate, rooting stems to 10cm long.

Occasional near W and SW coasts in coastal heath, dry pasture and on roadsides. Usually on dry sand, gravel or shallow peaty soils.

Similar: Procumbent Pearlwort, Sagina procumbens

Heath Pearlwort, Sagina subulata, Mongán móna

Heath Pearlwort, Sagina subulata, Mongán móna
Heath Pearlwort, Sagina subulata, Mongán móna

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