#groundcover__ground_cover  low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
  supertype:  #flora__vegetation  all the plant life in a particular region
  subtype:  #rupturewort__Hernaria_glabra  common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
  subtype:  #whitlowwort  any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
  subtype:  #pearlwort__pearlweed  any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
  subtype:  #baby's_tears__baby_tears__Helxine_soleirolia__Soleirolia_soleirolii  prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves

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