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|accepted_name=Sagina apetala
|accepted_authority=Arduino
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt.
|place=2: 22, fig. 1. 1764
|year=1764
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sagina apetala var. barbata
|authority=Fenzl ex Ledebour
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Sagina;Sagina apetala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sagina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sagina apetala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 141
|treatment_page=page 146
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, glandular-pubescent. <b>Stems</b> ascending to decumbent, much-branched, filiform, glabrous or sometimes glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: axillary fascicles absent; basal sometimes in rosettelike whorl, withering early; cauline leaves connate basally, proximal blades linear, 4–8(–12) mm, not fleshy, apex aristate, with hyaline portion of leaf base long-ciliate, cilia occasionally occurring length of leaf (sometimes lacking cilia), distal blades linear to subulate, 1–3 mm toward apex. <b>Pedicels</b> filiform, glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> axillary, sometimes terminal, 4-merous, very rarely 4- and 5-merous; calyx glandular-pubescent; sepals ovoid to elliptic, sometimes lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm, hyaline margins white, apex somewhat acute, glandular-pubescent, divergent at capsule dehiscence; petals nearly always absent, minute if present; stamens 4(–5). <b>Capsules</b> 1.5–2(–2.5) mm, equaling or barely longer than sepals, dehiscing to base. <b>Seeds</b> brown, obliquely triangular with abaxial groove, 0.3–0.4 mm, smooth, pebbled, or frequently papillose. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open places, hard-packed soils around buildings, paths, roadsides, sidewalk cracks, grassy hillsides, streambanks
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Kans.;Europe.
|discussion=<p>Historical collections of <i>Sagina apetala</i> are known from Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington.</p>
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name=Sagina apetala
|author=
|authority=Arduino
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sagina apetala var. barbata
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open places, hard-packed soils around buildings, paths, roadsides, sidewalk cracks, grassy hillsides, streambanks
|elevation=0-1300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Kans.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt.
|publication year=1764
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_299.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
|genus=Sagina
|species=Sagina apetala
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