| Scientific Name: | Herniaria glabra |
| Common Name: | rupturewort, green carpet |
| Family Name: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | < 0.1m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Container planting, Green roof technology, Green walls, Ground cover, Hanging basket, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green-yellow, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Green-yellow, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| A good lawn substitute; leaves opposite, ovate, entire, 3-7mm long x 1-3mm wide, mostly on runners with very short internodes. | |