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Annual Pearlwort

Sagina apetala

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 933, February 689, March 1,079, April 1,698, May 2,448, June 2,669, July 2,856, August 2,457, September 1,804, October 1,346, November 736, December 575.
United States19,719
Alaska19,289
California304
Washington66
Canada63
British Columbia62
New Zealand59
Czechia58
Spain45
United Kingdom40

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familypink family · Caryophyllaceae
Genuspearlworts · Sagina

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