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Herniaria hirsuta

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green, Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Authority

Herniaria hirsuta L.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1906

Origin

Eurasia, N. Africa

Other information

Etymology

herniaria: From the Latin hernia ‘rupture’ for which this plant is an alleged remedy.