Herniaria glabra

Bald rupturewort ( Herniaria glabra)

The Bald rupturewort ( Herniaria glabra) is a species of the carnation family ( Caryophyllaceae ). This type is also referred to as Christians welding, Dürr herb, Straight thousand herb Harnkraut, Virgin herb, cuckoo soap, kidney herb, thousand kernel or passion flowers.

Features

The Bald rupturewort is a one, two or perennial herbaceous plant. Sometimes it lignified slightly at the base. The whole plant is bright green to yellowish green. The Bald rupturewort shows all the typical characteristics of the genus fracture herbs. The stem is typically 5 to 15 cm long, but can grow up to 30 cm long. The leaves and the stems are completely glabrous or ciliate at most very short. In addition to the triangular blades are about 0.5 to 1.5 mm long.

The sessile, hermaphrodite flowers are fünfzählig. The sepals are bespitzt green, elliptical and obtuse. The white petals are much smaller than the sepals and often lacking some. There are five fertile stamens and five staminodes kronblattartige available.

Ecology

The Bald rupturewort is a perennial Hemikryptophyt or a creeping Therophyt. Since the tread-resistant plant tightly against the floor, it is often overlooked. Dried it smells like sweet woodruff.

The vorweiblichen flowers are only about 1 mm in size. Pollination is by tiny Fly; also self-pollination is possible. Bloom time is from June to October.

Propagation units are enclosed by the permanent perianth and therefore specific lightweight, rugged, one-seeded nuts. Its propagation is carried out as a balloon pilot, as Regenschwemmlinge and as water Hafter (eg on footwear). The seeds are shiny black, lenticular and 0.5 mm long. Fruit ripening from July to October.

Occurrence

The Bald rupturewort occurs in the temperate zones of Europe and western Asia. In North America it is locally introduced.

It grows initially on xeric grasslands and heaths. Today you see it mostly on sandy waste places such as cracks in plaster of rarely committed traffic islands or between the stones of dams.

Pharmacology

As active ingredients of the herb contains up to 10 % saponins, flavonoids and coumarins further. This uses the dried above-ground parts. In laboratory rats, a reduction of the elevated blood pressure and promote the filtration rate of her kidneys was observed; Rupturewort tea is popular medicine used as a diuretic for flushing therapy in urinary stones, renal gravel and spasms .. A weak spasmolytic effect of the drug is deemed accepted, however, the effectiveness in the national medical applications not yet sufficiently established .. Together with the cranberry had the rupturewort within a number of the tested substances, the greatest antimicrobial effect against uropathogenic E. coli bacteria and is therefore effective in the bladder and ureter.