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