Caryophyllaceae
Hairy rupturewort
Herniaria hirsuta
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Herniaria
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- شويل
- Azerbaijani
- Tüklü herniyar
- Czech
- Průtržník chlupatý
- Dutch
- Behaard breukkruid
- English
- Hairy rupturewort, Hairy rupture-wort
- Finnish
- Karvatyräruoho
- French
- Herniaire velue
- German
- Behaartes Bruchkraut
- hsb
- Kosmata přetoržnička
- kab
- Tuga n tgeẓẓal
- Macedonian
- Влакнеста ситница
- Persian
- علف فتق کرکآلود
- Polish
- Połonicznik kosmaty
- Russian
- Грыжник волосистый, Грыжник мохнатый
- Slovenian
- Dlakavi kilavec
- Swedish
- Gråknytling/luddknytling
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r-fors blewog
Synonyms
- Herniaria hirsuta subsp. hirsuta
- Herniaria hirsuta var. hirsuta
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.