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General:
Annual herb; stems erect, slender, 10-40 cm tall, usually branched below; glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Leaves:
Narrowly linear or linear-oblanceolate, 1-3 cm long, entire, not significantly reduced above.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of axillary clusters, the bracts leaf-like and hiding flowers and fruits, the flowers opening at dawn; petals 4, 1.3-1.8 mm long, white to reddish; sepals 4, bent back, deciduous; largest stamens 0.8-1.5 mm long; ovaries glabrous or glandular fine-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules, 8-15 mm long, longer than the stalk, erect, slender, flat, glabrous, smooth or very slightly constricted between seeds, the lateral 2 valves not attached; seeds 10-35, erect in chambers, 0.5-0.75 mm long, glabrous to fine-hairy.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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