| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Herniaria hemistemon J.Gay |
| Bibliography | Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 371 (1847) |
| Native Range | n. Africa to s. Iran and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-900m |
| Description | leaves green, opposite, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, subsessile, shortly hirsute, 6mm, stipules ca. 2mm, ovate-triangular, ciliate, flowers few in axillary clusters |
| Size | 3-8cm |
| Color | green |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Herniaria fruticosa Delile Herniaria fruticosa var. hemistemon (J.Gay) Barratte Herniaria hemistemon var. pallescens Maire Herniaria hemistemon var. parviflora Chaudhri Herniaria sphacelata Hochst. ex Webb Heterochiton hemistemon Graebn. & Mattf. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia) |