Sagina saginoides, (L.) Karsten

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 : 147

9. S. saginoides (L.) Karsten , Deutsche. Fl. Pharm.-med. Bot. 539 (1882)

( S. linnaei C. Presi ).

Perennial. Rosette leaves up to 2 cm; cauline leaves 5-1 0mm; all leaves glabrous, sometimes ciliate, muticous to shortly mucronate. Flowers usually solitary, sometimes 2, on slender pedicels; pedicels glabrous, rarely minutely glandular-puberulent. Sepals more than 2-8 mm, ovateoblong, obtuse, glabrous; petals about equalling the sepals; stamens 10, rarely 5. Ripe capsule (3-5-)4-5 mm, pale strawcoloured, shining, about twice as long as the appressed sepals when dehisced. 2n = 22. Arctic and subarctic Europe, and on the principal mountain ranges southwards to S. Spain and C. Greece. Al Au Br Bu Co Cz Fe G a Ge G r He Hs Is It Ju N o Po Rm Rs (N) Su. S. macrocarpa (Reichenb.) J. Maly , Enum. Pl. Austr. 293 (1848) with capsules up to 5 mm and 2 | times as long as the sepals, cannot be separated clearly from 9, though plants with larger capsules seem more frequent at lower levels in C. Europe.