Sabulina verna is a scarce species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, known by the common names spring sandwort, leadwort,[2] golden moss, or Irish moss.

[1] The small (7–9 mm across), 5-petalled flowers appear on short, downy stems from spring until late summer.

[5] It ranges across temperate Eurasia and northwestern Africa[1] with a boreal-montane distribution.

It is typically found on carboniferous limestone ground.

It grows in short grassland, on exposed limestone pavement, on scree slopes and on metal-rich soils, including spoil heaps from lead mining.