Sagina subulata

Scottish moss, Scottish Moss

Family: Caryophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Scottish moss is a naturalized perennial herb found in the San Francisco area, with specific habitat details undocumented for California. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small white flowers on thread-like pedicels up to 11 millimeters long. Growing with slender ascending or decumbent stems 3 to 12 centimeters tall, it forms dense sterile basal rosettes that create a low-growing mat. Its leaves are narrowly linear, measuring 3 to 12 millimeters long and appearing delicate and sparse along the stem. The plant typically produces five-petaled flowers with accompanying five sepals, creating a delicate and compact botanical structure.

Habitat: Habitats undocumented for California

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: elevations undocumented for California

Bioregions: "San Francisco area" (Crow)

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