pearlwort

British

/ ˈpɜːlˌwɜːt /

noun

any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud

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The peninsula is home to the continent's only two species of flowering land plants, a grass and a pearlwort.

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