OregonFlora species comparison

prostrate to ascending; much branched from near base, 0.3–2 dm.

blades deltoid to rhombic-ovate, 10–25(35) mm, sometimes hastate at base;

margins shallowly dentate;

tips rounded to obtuse;

lower surface sparsely farinose;

petioles 6–15(20) mm, winged;

wings sometimes extending to stem.

terminal and axillary spikes of loosely rounded to indistinct flower clusters; clusters 2.3–4.5 mm wide; each subtended by a leaf-like bract.

perianths fused nearly to tip, 0.8–1.2 mm, green, not membranous or fleshy, shallowly 3–4-toothed, enclosing fruit at maturity;

stamens 1 or 2.

broadly ovoid, laterally flattened;

pericarp loose and free.

vertical, dark brown; shiny.