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n. - Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers

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  • I have pearlwort and also rue, another protective herb.
  • Sagina procumbens , pearlwort, is said to be a protective herb in case the fairies decided to carry away a member of the family in days of yore.
  • Only four alien species are widespread on the island, but the integrity of the ecosystem has recently been threatened by the invasion of an alien groundcover, procumbent...
  • That small mossy circle would be thick with flowers, not one of them more than an inch high and some barely a centimetre – speedwell and forget-me-not, pearlwort and...
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