a plant in Antarctica
Antarctic pearlwort and Antarctic hair grass
the scientific name for pearlwort is sagina.
Pearlworts are plants. They consume water and sunshine, but they don't eat in the conventional sense.
Pearlwort is a type of grass found in Antarctica
only some vegatation can be found such as fungi, moss,lichens and liverwort and some types of algae. There are two native vascular species of plant, the Antarctic Hairgrass and the Antarctic pearlwort
You can find flowering plants on every continent. There are two growing in Antarctica (Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort.
Pearlwort bloom when there is sunlight, and generally in the Antarctic Peninsula there is sunlight all year. There are periods when the sunset and the sunrise are close together -- summer, and this is when the Pearlwort is most successful in blooming.
Antarctic pearlwort is the name of a short grass that grows on very small areas of the western side of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.From the Wikipedia entry: "Deschampsia antarctica(Antarctic hair grass) is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort)."
There are two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica(Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
There are two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica(Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
It looks like a flower
2 inches or 5cm