Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, also occurring in Kansas.
Habitat: Waste ground.
Flowers: May-June
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Self-pollination, bees, flies
Delicate annual with numerous, filiform, ascending stems 3-5 cm. long; finely glandular-pubescent above, especially in the inflorescence and calyx.
Leaves opposite, linear, 2-4 mm. long, with a few long hairs on their bases.
Pedicels filiform, 2-6 mm. long; sepals 4, rounded, 1.5-1.7 mm. long, erect in fruit; petals lacking; styles 4, alternate with the sepals; stamens 4.
Capsule about 1.5 times as long as the calyx.
Publication: Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt. 2: 22, fig. 1. 1764.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Sagina apetala in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Sagina apetala checklist entry
OregonFlora: Sagina apetala information
E-Flora BC: Sagina apetala atlas page
CalPhotos: Sagina apetala photos
