Genus: Sagina

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyliaceae

About 30 species (nearly cosmopolitan but not native to southern Africa), of which two, Sagina apetala and Sagina maritima, are naturalised in southern Africa, where they are found as tiny weeds in lawns. In addition, Sagina procumbens (Pearlwort) is cultivated in the region.