Sagina namadgi
Native Pearlwort at Bolaro, NSW
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| Sagina namadgi | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Jan 2019 | |
| Sagina namadgi | DavidMcKay | 30 Jan 2019 | |
| Sagina apetala | MichaelMulvaney | 21 Jun 2017 | |
| Limosella australis | DavidMcKay | 14 May 2017 |
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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
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.
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.
22 Jun 2017
Probably the exotic Annual Pearlwort (Sagina apetala). Fairly common on streams and other damp places.
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
- Yes In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Collections
- Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs DavidMcKay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sagina namadgi
Species information
- Sagina namadgi Scientific name
- Native Pearlwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1097.74m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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