Photographs: Co. Cork

Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens Mongán sinté Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Native. Tiny flowers with 4 or sometimes 5 greenish sepals but usually no petals. Very low growing central leaf rosette with long rooting runners bearing flowers. The linear leaves are pointed at the ends. Height: 3-5 cm Widespread and often abundant on bare or trampled ground. Similar: Heath Pearlwort, S. subulata. Small white flowers, 5 petals more/less equal in length to sepals. Occasional near N, W, SW coasts.

Procumbent Pearlwort, Sagina procumbens, Mongán muire