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|accepted_name=Sagina saginoides
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) H. Karsten
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Deut. Fl.,
|place=539. 1882
|year=1882
}}
|common_names=Sagine des alpes
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Spergula saginoides
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 441. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sagina linnaei
|authority=C. Presl
|rank=species
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|name=Sagina micrantha
|authority=(Bunge) Fernald
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sagina saginoides var. hesperia
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Sagina;Sagina saginoides
|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 saginoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 141, 143
|treatment_page=page 142
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, tufted or becoming cespitose in alpine habitats, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> ascending or sometimes procumbent, few- to many-branched, not filiform. <b>Leaves</b>: axillary fascicles absent; basal frequently in primary and secondary rosettes 9–45 mm diam., blade linear, 10–20 mm, not succulent, apex apiculate, rarely aristate, glabrous; cauline not conspicuously connate basally, rarely forming inflated cup in cespitose, alpine plants, blade linear, sometimes linear-subulate in cespitose plants, 4–20(–25) mm, not fleshy, apex apiculate, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> frequently recurved during capsular development, erect in fruit, filiform, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> axillary or terminal, 5-merous, very rarely some 4-merous; calyx base glabrous; sepals elliptic, 2–2.5 mm, hyaline margins white, rarely purple in alpine specimens, apex obtuse to rounded, remaining appressed following capsule dehiscence; petals elliptic, (1–)1.5–2 mm, shorter than or equaling sepals; stamens (5 or) 10. <b>Capsules</b> 2.5–3(–3.5) mm, 1.5–2 times sepals, dehiscing to base. <b>Seeds</b> brown, obliquely triangular with distinct abaxial groove, 0.3–0.4 mm, smooth to slightly pebbled. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid-late summer.
|habitat=Montane sites, open or light shade, wet places on lake margins, along stream gravels and seepages in rock ledges and roadcuts, subalpine and alpine zones
|elevation=1000-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Some specimens from alpine habitats in Montana and Alberta are intermediate between <i>Sagina saginoides</i> and the typically arctic <i>S. nivalis</i>.</p>
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name=Sagina saginoides
|authority=(Linnaeus) H. Karsten
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sagina linnaei;Sagina micrantha;Sagina saginoides var. hesperia
|basionyms=Spergula saginoides
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid-late summer.
|habitat=Montane sites, open or light shade, wet places on lake margins, along stream gravels and seepages in rock ledges and roadcuts, subalpine and alpine zones
|elevation=1000-4000 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Deut. Fl.,
|publication year=1882
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_291.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
|genus=Sagina
|species=Sagina saginoides
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