PLANTS Profile for Sagina japonica (Japanese pearlwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi
Japanese pearlwort

Symbol:

SAJA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

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Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi

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Distribution:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, IL, MA, NY, OH, OR, PA), CAN (BC, NF, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 11 species in Sagina

Classification:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Sagina L. – pearlwort
Species	Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi – Japanese pearlwort

Introduced Information:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20025.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 12:30 PM CDT