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Plants terrestrial, annual. Stems erect, reddish brown in age, unbranched or branched, to 16 cm. Leaf blades ovate to oblong, 4–5 mm, apex with awn or mucro. Inflorescences compact; flowers 2 per node. Pedicels 1.5+ mm. Flowers 5-merous; sepals lanceolate, 1.5 mm, apex mucronate; petals lanceolate, 1.2 mm. Follicles erect or slightly recurved, 1–2-seeded, oblong-lanceoloid; old follicles ascending, boat-shaped. Seeds ellipsoid, 0.3–0.5 × 0.1–0.2 mm, not papillate, shiny, smooth.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy to loamy soils in open woodlands
Elevation: 100-200 m

Discussion

Subspecies lamprosperma was found along the San Gabriel River in southern California, possibly brought in as a seed contaminant at a nearby quarry (S. Boyd 2004).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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