Sagina decumbens

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Family:CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Species:Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
Common Name:Trailing Pearlwort; Eastern Pearlwort
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SADE
Plant Notes:Trailing Pearlwort is a native herbaceous annual in the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to all of Alabama. It is most common in areas with disturbed sandy soils. Trailing Pearlwort occurs in fallow fields, on roadsides, in ditches, in lawns, in cemeteries, and along trails. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are erect, decumbent or ascending, glabrous, green in color, and often purple tinged towards the base. Leaves are opposite, connate (fused together) at the base, glabrous, linear, and entire. Flowers are solitary and terminal or axillary. The pedicel is filiform and glabrous or glandular pubescent. Individual flowers have 5 green sepals with whitish margins, and 5 white petals. Some flowers may lack petals (apetalous). The fruit is a capsule with many small tan seed.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE - Pink family
Genus Sagina
Species Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray - Trailing Pearlwort; Eastern Pearlwort

Citation

Citation SAGINA DECUMBENS (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray, N. Amer. Fl. 1: 177. 1838.
Basionym: Spergula decumbens Elliott 1821.
Type: SOUTH CAROLINA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Sagina elliottii Sagina elliottii Fenzl ex A. Gray, Manual, ed. 2. 61. 1856, nom. illegit.Spergula decumbens Elliott 1821. 
Sagina subulata var. smithii Sagina subulata (Swartz) Torrey & A. Gray, var. smithii A. Gray, Manual, ed. 5. 95. 1867. NEW JERSEY: Atlantic Co.: Pine woods at mouth of Great Egg Harbor, Jun 1865, Smith s.n. (lectotype: GH). Lectotypified by Crow, Rhodora 80: 61, 68. 1978.
Sagina decumbens var. smithii Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray, var. smithii (A. Gray) S. Watson & J. M. Coulter, in A. Gray, Manual, ed. 6. 89. 1889.Sagina subulata (Swartz) Torrey & A. Gray, var. smithii A. Gray 1867. 
Spergula decumbens Spergula decumbens Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 523. 1821. SOUTH CAROLINA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2010 - 2010

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU129311 Blount 31 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7821		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00033636 Tuscaloosa s.d. Eugene A. Smith
s.n.		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AUA_ACC049620 Crenshaw 22 APR 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4508		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00054214 Fayette 8 Apr 2001 Robert R. Haynes
10061		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129323 Etowah 30 Mar 1996 L. Hodge-Spaulding
4431		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
JSU129333 Marshall 03 Apr 1992 D. D. Spaulding
1264		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00027102 Escambia 13 Mar 1988 Robert R. Haynes
9264		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000017741 Covington 16 Mar 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
18789		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129331 Marshall 28 Mar 1973 R. D. Whetstone
RDW-870		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000044737 Autauga 24 Jan 2017 Matthew R. Parker
337		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UWAL0036646 Mobile 19 Mar 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3738		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129338 Talladega 30 May 1973 R. D. Whetstone
RDW-1528		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00065599 Cherokee 27 Mar 2005 D. D. Spaulding
12224		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AUA_ACC045586 Crenshaw 17 APR 1987 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
3129		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
TROY000037582 Bullock 22 Mar 2012 Bailee Dykes
401		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129324 Jackson 14 Mar 1973 K. E. Landers
RDW-825		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC044126 Conecuh 10 MAY 1986 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
2460		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00033631 Tuscaloosa 29 Mar 1963 Rebecca Deramus
307		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
UWAL0032948 Morgan 23 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6267		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
JSU129336 Morgan 27 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7755		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC064912 Crenshaw 5 MAR 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14968		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
JSU129313 Calhoun 08 Apr 1970 W. E. Boone
s.n.		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0018320 Covington 08 Apr 1988 Kral, R.
74583		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) T&G
JSU129320 Cullman 31 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7920		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0008526 Sumter 07 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5730		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AUA_ACC048653 Pike 23 MAR 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4293		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00033656 Hale 22 Mar 1966 Sherrie E. Maginness
134		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
UNA00064390 Covington 5 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
14967		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129328 Madison 11 May 1996 D. D. Spaulding
8420		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000033203 Montgomery 28 Mar 2010 Alvin R. Diamond
21212		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129319 Cullman 18 Apr 1979 R. D. Whetstone
9457		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000033195 Houston 10 Apr 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
18901		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
TROY000003673 Coffee 01 Mar 2003 Alvin R. Diamond
13779		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UNA00033661 Shelby 19 Mar 1966 Jerry P. Thomas
30		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AMAL00011661 Cherokee 27 Mar 2005 Daniel D. Spaulding
12224		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00059103 Barbour 16 Mar 2002 D. D. Spaulding
11097		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AMAL00016111 Barbour 23 Mar 2005 A. R. Diamond
15017		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
JSU129327 Lee 02 Apr 1964 Gene A. Bozarth
s.n.		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC005217 Lee 1 APR 1957 FUNDERBURK, JR., H. H.
 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
JSU129318 Cleburne 12 Apr 1968 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC045312 Macon 12 APR 1979 CRAWFORD, DANIEL S.
068		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00033641 Mobile 27 Mar 1965 Rebecca Deramus
D 329		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
UWAL0012400 Montgomery 10 Feb 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23734		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129332 Marshall 27 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7692		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC064911 Covington 5 MAR 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14967		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
JSU129329 Madison 06 Apr 1976 T. A. Atkinson
1247		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00047138 Randolph 18 Apr 1985 C. F. Nixon
1052		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129321 Elmore 31 Mar 1983 R. D. Whetstone
12996 A		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AMAL00016207 Covington 05 Mar 2005 A. R. Diamond
14967		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0043683 Baldwin 24 Mar 2006 Larsen, H.S.
1506		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torr. & A. Gray
JSU129314 Calhoun 08 Apr 1970 Janet D. Sims
s.n.		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
USAM000003611 Mobile 01 May 1973 Michael G. Lelong
6989		 USAM
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
TROY000037755 Montgomery 10 Feb 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
23734		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UWAL0001608 Marengo 27 Mar 2010 England, J. Kevin
2279		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray ssp. decumbens
JSU129315 Cherokee 25 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7592		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AMAL00019947 Mobile 18 Mar 2013 Howard E. Horne
2011		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000003674 Covington 05 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
14967		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UNA00058572 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Brian R. Keener
1857		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
AUA_ACC062861 Cleburne 3 MAY 1957 ADAMS, W. H.
 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00033621 Mobile s.d. Charles Mohr
s.n.		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray var. smithii (Gray) S. Wats.
AMAL00016208 Crenshaw 05 Mar 2005 A. R. Diamond
14968		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC023759 Macon 27 MAR 1971 DONOVAN, LOIS A.
031		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
JSU129317 Cleburne 12 Apr 1968 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
USAM000003612 Mobile 02 Apr 1968 Michael G. Lelong
4255		 USAM
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
TROY000039484 Elmore 05 Mar 2012 Robert Pullen
339		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UWAL0008527 Washington 18 Mar 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5065		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129322 Elmore 27 Apr 1979 R. D. Whetstone
9591		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AMAL00019773 Mobile 23 Mar 2013 Howard E. Horne
2020		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
JSU129326 Jefferson 02 Apr 1976 T. A. Atkinson
1077		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AUA_ACC012369 Lee 7 APR 1965 KOELLING, ALFRED C.
2117		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00050070 Randolph _ Mar 1986 C. F. Nixon
2086		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129312 Blount 31 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7876		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000046252 Dallas 27 Feb 2018 Alvin R. Diamond
28082		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
AUA_ACC045238 Baldwin 22 MAR 1987 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
3052		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00054191 Lamar 8 Apr 2001 Robert R. Haynes
10084		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
UNA00064425 Barbour 23 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
15017		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129330 Marshall 05 May 1993 D. D. Spaulding
3717		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UNA00033697 Conecuh 21 Mar 1987 Robert R. Haynes
8842		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000017966 Calhoun 15 Apr 1970 Jessica Tudor
s.n.		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
UNA00033626 Hale 20 Mar 1966 Norris H. Williams
186		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000031631 Butler 03 Apr 2010 Alvin R. Diamond
21228		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129325 Jefferson 02 Apr 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7985		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AMAL00006307 Barbour 16 Mar 2002 D.D. Spaulding
11097		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0039717 Dallas 27 Feb 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28082		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129334 Montgomery 31 Mar 1983 R. D. Whetstone
12936		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0037024 Lawrence 19 Mar 2011 England, J. Kevin
2696		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
AUA_ACC064961 Barbour 23 MAR 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15017		 AUA
SAGINA DECUMBENS (ELL.) TORR. & GRAY
UNA00064381 Crenshaw 5 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
14968		 UNA
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
JSU129335 Morgan 15 Mar 1999 D. D. Spaulding
10547		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
TROY000003672 Barbour 23 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
15017		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129316 Cherokee 25 Mar 1976 R. D. Whetstone
7580		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
UWAL0015263 Pickens 26 Mar 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8282		 UWAL
Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000003675 Crenshaw 04 Mar 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
14968		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
TROY000003671 Barbour 16 Mar 2002 Daniel D. Spaulding
11097		 TROY
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray
JSU129337 Randolph 18 Apr 1985 C. F. Nixon
1052		 JSU
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
AMAL00006308 Randolph 02 Mar 1989 Daniel Spaulding
33		 AMAL
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torrey & Gray
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