General: Annual herb from a taproot; stems weak, climbing or prostrate, solitary, few branched, square, short-hairy on the angles, the hairs pointed downwards, 40-100 cm tall/long.
Leaves: Basal leaves few, soon deciduous; stem leaves in whorls of 8 (sometimes 6), linear lanceolate to lanceolate, 1-4 (7) cm long, lowermost stalked, upper ones unstalked, entire, awn-tipped, 1-veined, bristly-hairy along the margins, bristly-hairy above, with hooked hairs, the hairs pointed backwards.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 3-5, stalked, terminal flowers on branchlets in most leaf axils; corollas saucer-shaped, greenish-cream, 1-1.5 mm wide, 4-lobed; calyces obsolete.
Fruits: Nutlets, 2, 1.5-3 mm long, smooth or with numerous, short, hooked hairs.
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The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
Mesic to dry roadsides and waste places in the lowland and montane zones; rare in SW and NE BC; known only from the lower Fraser Valley and Dawson Creek; introduced from Eurasia.
