OregonFlora species comparison

prostrate to ascending; much branched from bases; mat-forming, 2–6(10) dm.

blades obovate to spatulate, 1–3(4) cm;

margins entire; flat to wavy or crisped, bases wedge-shaped;

midveins extending to a short weak spine;

tips obtuse to rounded;

petioles 7–30 mm; ? ½ as long as blade.

axillary clusters of flowers, green, staminate and pistillate flowers intermixed;

bracts leaf-like; narrow and thin, 1–3(4) mm.

few;

perianth segments 3(4), 1.5–2.5 mm, scarious;

stamens 3.

perianth segments (3)4–5, unequal, 1–3 mm;

styles 3, becoming reflexed.

ovoid to elliptic, 1.7–2.5 mm, bases smooth, rugose at tips; dehiscence circumscissile.

lenticular, elliptic; plump, 1.1–1.7 mm, dark brown to black; shiny to somewhat dull.

=32.