Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst.

 
  • Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
    (Pink Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Caryophyllaceae
  • Basionym : Spergula saginoides L.
  • Synonym(s) : Alsine linnaei Jess.; Alsine saginoides Crantz; Alsinella alpestris Bubani; Alsinella saginoides (L.) Greene; Moehringia subulata Clairv.; Phaloe saginoides (L.) Dumort.; Sagina arctica Scheutz; Sagina baumgartenii Simonk.; Sagina macrocarpa (Rchb.) Maly; Sagina olympica Stoj. & Jordanov; Sagina rosoni Merino; Sagina saginoides subsp. macrocarpa (Rchb.) Soó; Sagina saxatilis (Wimm. & Grab.) Wimm.; Sagina spergella Fenzl; Spergella macrocarpa Rchb.; Spergella nuriensis Vayr.; Spergella saginella Rchb.; Spergella saginoides (L.) Rchb.; Spergella saxatilis Schur; Spergula micrantha Bunge; Spergula saginoides L.; Spergula saxatilis Wimm. & Grab.; Spergula semidecandra Turcz. ex Ledeb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sagina saginoides (L.) H.Karst.
  • Common name : Alpine Pearlwort, Arctic Pearlwort
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : On moist sand in Alpine and temperate Himalayas, altitude up to 3960 m., Western Ghats, altitude about 1800-2400 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-January
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Mexico.
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 81
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 214
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sagina saginoides. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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