Caryophyllaceae FAMILY

Herniaria hirsuta

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Herniaria hirsuta is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.02 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and Southern Europe to Africa and Asia. Naturalized in Britain.

HabitatSandy ground[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].