genus Hernaria

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genus Hernaria - low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves Hernaria caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes) Hernaria glabra, rupturewort - common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures