What is Pearlwort?
The name Pearlwort generally refers to a dense clustering herbs, which belong to the family sagina from the Caryophyllaceae family or from a pink family. There are at least 20 species of these plants, which are mostly originally from mild areas of the northern hemisphere. You can also find them in East Asia, Europe and south of the equator in Africa. These flowering herbs have slender and sharp and top leaves, are high than 1 foot (0.3 m) and move from evergreen annuals to perennials. However, the cultivar s. The types of subulata called aurea have gold leaves. These plants usually have dense, moss leaves, although refined varieties are denser compared to species found in the wild. Their simple or branched stems carry small purple or white flowers that bloom in spring and summer. The fruits of these spacies look like small capsules and contain light tan to reddish -brown seeds.
Most species in this genus are customizable to different climate. For example, a species called Arctic PearlwoRT or s. Saginoides , can grow in the northern Greenland region to the southern region of California in the United States. However, there are species that are on the endangered and endangered lists of several regions of the United States, namely s. Decembens , or end perelwort and s. Nodosa , or bound Pearlwort.
In general, pearl plants are grown as plants of rock garden or ground cover. s. Subulata , which is more popular as Irish moss or Scottish moss, seems to be the most popular species for cultivation. This permanent Pearlwort measures 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) and has a range of up to 1 foot (0.3 m), making it an ideal ground cover or filler in slots between the reflective stones. This species prefers damp and well -drained acidic on neutral soils and can grow, whether placed under a full sun or partial shadow. Able to spread very quickly, mIt can be invasive and should therefore be controlled.
It is reported that some of these plants have healing use, especially annual perelworts abundant in China, Japan and Korea. Leaves s. Japanese are sometimes used to treat diseases that differ from fever to skin diseases. Decoction from leaves of another kind, s. Maxima , is usually used to treat cooking, ulcers and snakes. This plant was also used to stimulate blood circulation.