| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Herniaria polygama J.Gay |
| Bibliography | Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 371 (1847) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Xinjiang |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | pale green, stems numerous, leaves 5-15mm, oblong-elliptic, cuneate, glabrous, ciliate, stipules broadly ovate, ciliate, flowers sessile in axillary clusters, sepals 4 |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Herniaria euxina Klokov Herniaria fruticosa Falk Herniaria odorata Andrz. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |