OregonFlora species comparison

5–30+ cm; much branched from base, often obscured by stipules.

horizontal.

5–13 mm;

stipules 1–8 mm.

opposite; needle-like;

petioles 0;

stipules 2 per node, lanceolate to ovate, scarious.

axillary cymes or flowers 1;

bracts present.

sepals (excluding awn) 1.2–2.8 mm; awns 1.5–4 mm;

petals 0.3–0.5 mm.

bisexual;

sepals 5; free, densely woolly; each with spine-tipped awn;

petals 5, white; scale-like;

stamens 3–5, arising on hypanthium rim;

staminodes not petaloid, subulate to narrowly oblong;

styles and stigmas 2.

utricles, indehiscent.

1, narrowly ovate, 1.4–1.6 mm, tan with red spot at hilum; smooth.