Smooth Rupturewort
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Smooth Rupturewort is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...

. Growing in North America and Europe, it is believed to have diuretic properties. It contains herniarin
Herniarin
Herniarin is a methoxy analog of umbelliferone. It can be found in Herniaria glabra, Ayapana triplinervis and in species of the genus Prunus ....

, a methoxy analog of umbelliferone
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