Herniaria

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Herniaria

a genus of plants of the family Caryophyllaceae. They are perennial and annual herbs with prostrate stems, entire leaves, and small blossoms in axillary clusters. There are approximately 30 species, found in Europe, North and South Africa, and Western Asia. There are five to six species in the USSR, found in the European USSR, in the Caucasus, Middle Asia, and Western Siberia. Rupture-wort (H. glabra) is widespread, growing in sandy places, dry meadows, and wastelands. Aboveground portions of the Hemiaria glabra are used in folk medicine as diuretics and astringents.

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No references found			has compiled a list of ground-hugging turf replacements -- such as Thymus pseudolanuginosus "Woolly Thyme," Herniaria glabra "Green Carpet" and Dymondia margaretae "Silver Carpet" -- as well as other drought-tolerant favorites at www. IN THE GARDEN OF DRY DELIGHTS DROUGHT-RESISTANT FLOWERS AND SHRUBS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Table I The occurrence of complete staminodial whorls in the Magnoliatae as derived from (ob)diplostemonous or dicyclic androccia (a) Family Tribe, genus, or species Alliaceae Allium, Trichlora, Gilliesia Anacardiaceae Pentaspadon Bombacaceae Chorisia Bonnetiaceae Ploiarium, Archytaea Brexiaceae Brexia, Ixerba Burseraceae Santiria Caesalpiniaceae Dimorphandra Caryophyllaceae Paronychia, Herniaria, Habrosia, Schiedea, etc. Staminodes: Their morphological and evolutionary significance by Decraene, L.P. Ronse; Smets, E.F. / The Botanical Review			Hermosa Beach Hermosilla Alvarez, Carlos Hermosilla Álvarez, Carlos Hermosillo Hermoupolis HERMSEN Hernan Cortes Hernán Cortés Hernandarias Hernández Hernández Colón, Rafael Hernández Martínez, Maximiliano Hernandez, Jose Hernández, José Hernandez, Miguel Hernández, Miguel Hernández, Rafael Hernando County Herndon Herndon, William Henry Herne Herne Bay Herne, James A. Hernia hernial sac Herniaria herniated disk herniation of the nucleus pulposus Herning herniorrhaphy herniotomy hero Hero and Leander Hero of Alexandria Hero of Labor Hero of Socialist Labor Hero of the Soviet Union Hero's formula Hero-City Herod Herod Agrippa I Herod Agrippa II Herod Antipas Herod the Great Herodas Herodes Atticus Herodian Herodians Herodias Herodotus Heroes			hernia uteri inguinalis Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia, femoral Hernia, femoral Hernia, hiatal Hernia, hiatal Hernia, hiatal Hernia, inguinal Hernia, inguinal Hernia, inguinal Hernia, umbilical Hernia, umbilical Hernia, umbilical Hernia, ventral Hernia, ventral herniae herniae herniae hernial hernial hernial hernial ring hernial sac hernial sac hernial sac hernial sac Herniamesh Herniaria hernias hernias hernias herniate herniate herniated herniated herniated disc Herniated Disc-Induced Cervical Myelopathy herniated disk herniated disk herniated disk herniated disk syndrome Herniated Intervertebral Disc Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Herniated Nucleus Pulposus-Caused Nerve Compression herniates herniates herniating herniating herniation herniation herniation Herniation (brain) Herniation disk types, Herniation disk types, herniation of intervertebral disk herniation of intervertebral disk herniation of nucleus pulposus herniation of nucleus pulposus

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