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Caryophyllaceae
Herniary breastwort
Herniaria glabra
Also known as Herniaria glabra subsp. ceretana, Herniaria glabra subsp. rotundifolia, Herniaria corrigioloides, Herniaria glabra var. decipiens
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Groundcover · Medicinal Herb · Mat Forming · Rock Garden · Herbal · Caryophyllaceae · Drought Tolerant · Perennial · Path Edger · Low Maintenance
Herniary breastwort is a tough, mat-forming perennial groundcover that thrives in poor, sandy, or gravelly soils with minimal watering. It is historically used in herbal medicine for urinary and kidney complaints and is valued as a hardy, low-growing lawn alternative or path edger. Plant in partial shade to full sun and avoid overwatering, as it is well adapted to dry conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry completely between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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