Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 218 (1753).

Derivation: From Latin hernia, because these plants were formerly supposed to cure ruptures.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Small procumbent herbs; leaves elliptic to oblanceolate; stipules ciliate, scarious.

Flowers small, green; sepals 5; .petals none; staminodes small or none; stamens 2-5; style short, deeply bifid.

Capsule membranous, indehiscent, enclosed in the calyx and containing 1 seed.

Distribution:  About 35 species mainly in Europe and Africa.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available