Herniaria hirsutaL.

hairy rupture-worthairy rupturewort

WFO wfo-0000720684 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-09 / obs. 198323899
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. b Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193205729
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178194243
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Tristan Haab
fig. d Tristan Haab, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153074235
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152710949
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152060767
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. g Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147761010
Herniaria hirsuta, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. h Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147533893

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Native range 56 botanical countries

Regions where Herniaria hirsuta is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Selvagens, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptEritreaEthiopiaLibyaMoroccoSelvagensSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKuwaitLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Herniaria hirsuta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 34 in flower of 53 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Herniaria hirsuta observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 34 of 53 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 6 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Herniaria cinerea DC.
  • Herniaria diandra Bunge
  • Herniaria hirsuta subsp. cinerea (DC.) Loret & Barrandon
  • Herniaria hirsuta subsp. hirsuta
  • Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea (DC.) Loret & Barrandon
  • Herniaria hirsuta var. hirsuta

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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