E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

General:
Annual herb from taproot; stems erect, 1-12 cm tall.

Leaves:
In basal clump, simple, linear or narrowly oblanceolate, 0.9-4 cm long, entire.

Flowers:
Inflorescences of solitary, terminal flowers; flower shoots 1-12 cm long, shorter than leaves when flowering, but longer in fruit; bracts none; petals none to 5, distinct, white, linear to narrowly spoon-shaped, 1-2.5 mm long, long-clawed, the claw 1- to 2-times as long as blade, nectary on upper surface; sepals (3) 5 (-8), green with wide membranous margins, narrowly oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm long, spurred, the blades slightly longer than spurs, usually 1-veined; stamens usually 5; pistils 20-50 (90).

Fruits:
Achenes, 20 to 50 or more in a spike 4-10 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide; beaks diverging, 0.6-1.4 mm long; seeds 1.5 times as long as wide.