Flora of North America species comparison

slender.

prostrate or decumbent to erect, usually branched proximally;

main stem usually 0.4–1.8 mm diam. proximally.

stipules inconspicuous, dull white, broadly triangular, 1–2.8 mm, apex obtuse to acute;

blade linear, 1.5–4.5 cm, fleshy, apex ± blunt;

axillary leaf clusters mostly absent.

reflexed in fruit.

sepals connate 0.5–0.6 mm proximally, lobes weakly 1-veined, ovate to elliptic-oblong, 2.2–3.5 mm, to 4.3–4.5 mm in fruit, margins 0.2–0.5 mm wide, apex ± acute to rounded;

petals white or pink, narrowly ovate, 0.9–1 times as long as sepals;

stamens 2–4;

styles 0.3–0.7 mm.

greenish, 3.5–5.3 mm, 1.2–2 times as long as sepals.

reddish brown, submarginal groove absent, broadly ovate, compressed, 0.9–1.4 mm, shiny, ± smooth, papillate;

wing absent or often present, whitish, 0.2–0.3 mm wide, margins irregular.

simple to 2+-compound or flowers solitary and axillary.