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General:
Annual herb from a slender taproot; stems 15-40 cm tall, branched throughout, glabrous.
Leaves:
Linear, 1-3.5 cm long, 0.5-2.5 mm wide, entire, gradually but not significantly reduced above.
Flowers:
Inflorescence open, panicle-like, of several to many flowers on slender stalks in leaf axils, opening at dawn; sepals and petals about 0.5 mm long, the petals white to pinkish; largest stamens about 0.5 mm long; ovaries glabrous or minutely-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3-6 mm long, distinctly constricted between seeds; stalks threadlike, 3-6 mm long, often exceeding the capsules, spreading to erect in flower, but often sharply reflexed in fruit; seeds 10-30, in 2 rows in a chamber and overlapping, about 0.5 mm long, glabrous.
Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
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