Sagina procumbensL.

Procumbent Pearlwort

WFO wfo-0000438492 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sagina procumbens, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. a Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205686378
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205521877
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205537654
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. d Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203182289
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201523720
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. f Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201808381
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. g Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200813050
Sagina procumbens, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. h Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200802968

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Native range 60 botanical countries

Regions where Sagina procumbens is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Xinjiang, East Himalaya, West Himalaya, New Zealand North, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAltayBuryatiyaChitaIranIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaXinjiangEast HimalayaWest HimalayaNew Zealand NorthAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraFøroyarSardegna
Native distribution of Sagina procumbens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Føroyar FOR
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM
New Zealand North NZN AUSTRALASIA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alsine procumbens Crantz
  • Alsinella procumbens Bubani
  • Colobanthus repens Colenso
  • Sagina anomala Rouy & Foucaud
  • Sagina apetala var. melanopotamica Speg.
  • Sagina apetala var. paludosa Speg.
  • Sagina boydii F.B.White
  • Sagina breviflora Gilib.
  • Sagina bryoides Froel. ex Rchb.
  • Sagina corsica Jord.
  • Sagina fasciculata Poir.
  • Sagina muscoides W.D.J.Koch
  • Sagina muscosa Jord.
  • Sagina pentamera Rouy & Foucaud
  • Sagina procumbens var. compacta Lange
  • Sagina procumbens var. procumbens
  • Sagina truncata Colenso
  • Sagina viscida Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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