Caryophyllaceae
Smooth rupturewort
Herniaria glabra
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Herniaria
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الفتق المرداء, النومان الأمرد, حشيشة الفتق, نبات الشيخ
- Azerbaijani
- Çılpaq herniyar
- ba
- Бүҫер үләне
- Belarusian
- Гладун гладкі
- Bulgarian
- Голо изсипливче, Изсипниче
- Catalan
- Herniària, Herniaire glabre
- Chinese
- 治疝草, 光治疝草, 脱肠草
- Czech
- Průtržník lysý
- Dutch
- Kaal breukkruid
- English
- Smooth rupturewort, Smoother rupture-wort
- Estonian
- Harilik söötreiarohi
- Finnish
- Tyräruoho, Ketotyräruoho
- French
- Herniaire glabre, Herniole, Turquette
- German
- Kahles Bruchkraut, Bruchkraut
- hsb
- Hładka přetoržnička, Močenka
- Hungarian
- Porcikafű
- Japanese
- コゴメビユ
- Latvian
- Kailā trūkumzālīte
- Lithuanian
- Plikasis skleistenis, Herniaire glabre
- Macedonian
- Гола ситница
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brokkurt
- Persian
- علف ترکی
- Polish
- Połonicznik nagi
- Romanian
- Feciorică
- Russian
- Грыжник гладкий, Грыжник голый
- Serbian
- Sitnica, Ситница, Килавица
- Slovak
- Prietržník holý
- Slovenian
- Goli kilavec
- Spanish
- Ciento en grana, Gazapeos, Gazapete, Gazapeto, Hierba colica, Hierba de las piedras, Hierba lacolica, Hierba lacólica
- Swedish
- Knytling, Herniaire glabre
- Tajik
- Алафи гунҷишк
- Ukrainian
- Остудник голий
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r-fors llyfn
Synonyms
- Herniaria ceretana Sennen
- Herniaria ceretanica (Sennen) Sennen
- Herniaria corrigioloides Lojac.
- Herniaria glabra f. glaberrima (Fenzl) Trinajstić
- Herniaria glabra subsp. nebrodensis Jan ex Nyman
- Herniaria glabra subsp. rotundifolia (Vis.) Trpin
- Herniaria microcarpa C.Presl
- Herniaria rotundifolia Vis.
- Herniaria suavis Klokov
- Herniaria vulgaris Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 135 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marcello Manara, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Hagen Graebner assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Sosnovshchenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.