OregonFlora species comparison

prostrate; much branched and mat-forming, 1–5 dm, often whitish.

blades oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate, 3–20 mm, bases wedge-shaped;

margins entire; plane; flat to sometimes undulate;

midveins extending to a spine;

tips rounded to subacute;

petioles 2–6(8)mm; ? ½ as long as blade.

axillary clusters of flowers, staminate and pistillate flowers intermixed;

bracts small and inconspicuous, 1–2 mm.

perianth segments (2)3; equal to subequal, 1–1.5 mm;

stamens 3.

perianth segments 1–3, unequal, only 1 well developed, 1–1.2 mm;

styles 3; erect.

subglobose, 1–1.2 mm; smooth, wrinkled near tips; dehiscence irregular to circumscissile.

lenticular, obovate, 0.7–1 mm, dark red-brown; shiny.