Plant: annual, generally densely short-spreading-hairy; hairs slender, base generally swollen; stem prostrate, forked, 2-6 cm

Leaves: cauline, generally alternate, simple; blade generally 2-11 mm, lanceolate to ovate, abruptly narrowed to winged petiole 1-6 mm

INFLORESCENCE: clusters (generally terminal, leafy) or flowers solitary or paired in axils, not coiled; pedicels < or = 4 mm

Flowers: sepals 3-6 mm, linear to slightly spoon-shaped; corolla 3-5 mm, cylindric to slightly funnel-shaped, white to pale pink, limb < or = 2 mm diam, lobes < or = 0.5 mm, 0.5-1 mm wide; stamens 1-3 mm, attached 1-2 mm above corolla base; styles 1-2 mm, stigmas generally head-like

Fruit: capsule, 2-4 mm, generally loculicidal, ovoid to elliptic; Seeds generally many, ± 0.4 mm, irregular, brown-black; surface slightly net-like, with prominent depressions

Misc: Sandy to rocky flats; < 1700 m.; Mar-May