| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Herniaria fontanesii J.Gay |
| Bibliography | Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 371 (1847) |
| Native Range | Canary Islands, Sahara and Sinai |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1800m |
| Description | leaves 2-4mm long, flat, elliptic, opposite, upper bracts purple-black, flowers 2-3mm across in clusters on young shoots |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Herniaria bollei F.Herm. Herniaria fontanesii var. clastieri Maire Herniaria fontanesii var. gracilis Maire Herniaria fruticosa Desf. Herniaria fruticosa f. pubescens Batt. Herniaria hemistemon var. glabrescens Pamp. Herniaria teknensis Sauvage Heterochiton fontanesii Graebn. & Mattf. Heterochiton fontanesii ssp. bollei (F.Herm.) G.Kunkel |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (SIN Sinai) |