Herniaria hemistemon J.Gay  

 ♦ (Herniaria hemistemon J. Gay         in Duchartre, Rev. Bot. 2:371 (1847

It is a pubescent prostrate perennial herb. Stems are many, richly branched, and brittle. Leaves are short-petiolate, oblong-elliptic 2.5- 5.5x1.5-3mm. Flowers are sessile with 4 unequal sepals, some of them are fleshy and arranged in axillary clusters, 2 stamens. The utricle is included in the calyx and the seeds are suborbicular