Index / Search / Sagina decumbens
§1 Plant
Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular trailing pearlwort — species · Caryophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Sagina
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 547 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 547 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Chicot 05017
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Glynn 13127
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Hart 13147
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Fayette 17051
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cedar 29039
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Overton 47133
- Putnam 47141
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
Texas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Erath 48143
- Fort Bend 48157
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hopkins 48223
- Jefferson 48245
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Morris 48343
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wilson 48493
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SADE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3085399 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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