Common Name

Rupturewort; Herniaria; Dense Mat Plant; Hairy Rupturewort

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Notes

Introduced annual forb, prostrate. Upper leaves alternating along the stems. Leaves 0.3-1.1cm long, 1-3mm wide, linear to flat, covered in short bristly hairs, with hairy edges. Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), green, with 5 'petals', in spherical 6-12 flowered clusters at the bases of the leaves.

Description and photo (as Herniaria hirsuta) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 301

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Herniaria~cinerea