Common name:
Procumbent pearlwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Sagina procumbens
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the British Isles
Height:
A few cm - a prostrate, mat-forming species
Habitat:
Short grassland, other moist, bare places
Flowers:
Solitary, at the end of side branches, the main stem being non-flowering. Flowers consist of four rounded green sepals and (occasionally) four tiny white petals, with four stamens and three styles at the centre
Leaves:
Narrow, fleshy, with short hairs along the margins and a slightly longer bristle at the tip
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
