Species #25: Beach Pearlwort
Beach Pearlwort
Sagina crassicaulis
This plant seems to be doing fairly well considering its location in the crack of a rock well within the splash zone of the beach. In more favorable conditions I have seen this species form an extensive cover.
Questions:
This species is often found along the beaches which makes me wonder if they are distributed via the water. The seeds are held (loosely? I haven’t checked) in open cups, so it seems like they could easily fall into the water during the very high Fall and Winter tides. It should be fairly easy to determine whether they germinate after a soaking in salt water.
[…] about this identification, but it definitely looks to me like a Sagina, and it certainly is not Beach Pearlwort. It does not seem to fit the descriptions of the other native pearlworts in the region, so […]
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