Sagina intermedia, Fenzl

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 146

2. S. intermedia Fenzl in Ledeb., Fl. Ross . 1: 339 (1842)

(?5. nivalis (Lindblad) Fries ).

Perennial, forming small cushions 1 -5-5 cm in diameter and 1-3 cm high. Basal leaf-rosette only present during the first season; cauline leaves 3-6 mm, linear, usually shortly mucronate, glabrous. Flowers 3-6 mm in diameter, 4- to 5-merous, solitary on pedicels 2-5 mm. Sepals 1 - 5-2 mm, ovate, obtuse, with narrow, scarious, often violet margins; petals narrow, somewhat shorter than the sepals; stamens 8-10, sometimes fewer. Ripe capsule 2-5-3 mm, greenish- or whitish-yellow, 1 | times as long as the appressed sepals; fruiting pedicels usually curving outwards. 2« = 88. Arctic & N. W. Europe, southwards to Scotland and S. Norway,?Alps.?Au Br Fa Fe?He Is No Rs (N) Sb Su.