Rupturewort Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Rupturewort (Herniaria glabra) is smooth rupturewort, a prostrate annual or short-lived perennial of the pink family, Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia, where it grows on sandy, gravelly and trampled ground. It forms flat, dense green mats to 30 cm across of thin wiry stems set with tiny, smooth, oval leaves that turn bronze in cold weather. The minute greenish flowers are crowded in clusters along the stems and are easily overlooked. It is planted as a walkable groundcover under the name green carpet. We extract the dried herb.