Flora of North America species comparison

stoloniferous, prostrate or ascending, glabrous.

clustered or scattered along stolons;

blade linear to filiform, 1–3.5 × 0.1–0.2 cm, young leaves with tapering sheaths at base.

basal, opposite, sometimes rosulate;

stipules absent;

petiole present or absent;

blade fleshy or not, leathery or not, margins entire.

axillary, flowers solitary;

bracts absent.

recurved in fruit, 1–2 cm.

present;

bracteoles present or absent.

calyx not purple spotted, lobes 0.5–1 mm, tube 1–2 mm;

corolla white to pale lavender, 2–4 mm, lobes rounded;

stamens attached at same level;

style 1 mm, capitate.

bisexual; chasmogamous flowers emergent;

sepals [4]5, calyx radially or slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, lobes lanceolate to triangular;

petals [4]5, corolla white, pink, pale purple, or lavender, slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, not saccate, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2;

stamens 4, adnate near mouth of corolla, didynamous or equal, filaments glabrous, staminode 0;

ovary 2-locular proximally, 1-locular distally, placentation free-central;

stigma capitate or slightly 2-lobed.

capsules, ellipsoid to globular, dehiscence septicidal.

globular, 2–3 mm.

3–200, yellow to dark brown, fusiform or cylindric, wings absent.

= 20.