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  • COMMON NAME: rupturewort
  • ARABIC: حليكه، غبره
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Herniaria hemistemon J. Gay
  • SYNONYMS: Herniaria fruticosa
  • FAMILY: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/herniaria_hemistemon.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Moderate salinity tolerance. Used in folk medicine. Rupture wort was used in Europe as a treatment for hernias.

Perennial, pubescent-tomentose herb, 5-15 cm across. Stems prostrate, branched from the base. Leaves greyish-green, 3-6 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, opposite, entire, elliptic-ovate, ciliate, subsessile, Stipules red-brown. Flowers 1-2 mm in diameter, minute, sessile in axillary clusters. Calyx with short, hispid tube, and 4, unequal, hispid-ciliate lobes. Stamens 2. Utricle membranous, included in calyx tubes. Seeds ovoid, tiny, smooth. 

Flowering from January to April.
Limestone ground, thin sandy soil and wadis among rocks.
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