Sagina rupestris
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Description
Perennial tufted herb, up to 10 cm with upright stem.
Leaves sessile, appressed to the stem, densely imbricate, bases of leaf pair joined to a short sheath, lamina 3-13 by 0.3-0.5 mm, 1-nerved, apex acute, pointed.
Flowers solitary in the axils;
Sepals 1-nerved, 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Petals 5, twice as long as the sepals, with rounded apex.
Stamens 10, shorter than petals.
Ovary spherical;
Capsule ellipsoid, c. 3.5 by 2 mm, longer than the sepals.
Seeds dark brown, papillate, c. 0.7 mm.