Native Pearlwort at Bolaro, NSW
Identification history
| Sagina namadgi | 30 Jan 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Sagina namadgi | 30 Jan 2019 | DavidMcKay | ||
| Sagina apetala | 21 Jun 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Limosella australis | 14 May 2017 | DavidMcKay |
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User's notes
An inconspicuous little plant found where water was oozing over rocks in a creek bed and also in the edges of backwaters in the Murrumbidgee
6 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
15 May 2017
No idea. It is not Limosella, which usually has basal leaves, and has 5 petals. It could be in the family Caryophyllaceae, but it does not look like any caryophs in Plantnet. There is no good sideways on photo of a flower, so I am not even sure whether the flowers have petals and sepals or only sepals. If you could find someone with a plant collecting permit for your area, the best thing is to bring a specimen into the botanic gardens.
DavidMcKay
wrote:
17 May 2017
Looking more closely I agree with your comments. I own this small patch of scrub so I don't think there are restrictions on collecting. I will bring some samples to the Botanic Gardens along with a couple of beautiful daisy bushes when they flower next summer.
Varanus
wrote:
22 Jun 2017
Probably the exotic Annual Pearlwort (Sagina apetala). Fairly common on streams and other damp places.
DavidMcKay
wrote:
31 Jan 2019
In January 2019 I sent a sample to Dave Albrecht and this was identified as Sagina namadgi. I will post this sighting shortly. I now think that the present sighting which had been identified as Sagina apetala is also namadgi. A distinguishing feature of namadgi is a solitary flower on a single axiliary stem. That feature can be seen in the photographs for this sighting. I have also added an extra enlargement (photograph No 4) from one of my originals to more clearly show this feature. Sagina apetala by contrast has a terminal inflorescence with 3-4 pedicels. (NSW Flora Online)
Location information
- Coordinates 148.794528-35.946143
- Altitude 1027.0m
- Places Bolaro, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 8 May 2017 02:40 PM Recorded on
- DavidMcKay Recorded by
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Additional information
- True In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Sagina namadgi Scientific name
- Native Pearlwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1030m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
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