Hernaria

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Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves

caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)

Hernaria glabra, rupturewort - common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures

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Among all present gypsophytes in at least one third of the samples (4 releves), Helianthemum squamatum (7 samples) was the species with higher average levels of gypsum in soils (79%) and Hernaria fruticosa (9 samples) for the lower ones, but near to 50% (Table 3).

Conceptual baseline for a global checklist of gypsophytes/Base conceptual para un catalogo global de gipsofitos verificado/Base conceptual para un catalogo global de gipsofitos verificado

"The bed contains around 12,000 tiny plants ( echeveria secunda glauca, echeveria elegans, pyrethrum golden moss and hernaria glabra ( each one put in by hand.