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

General:
Annual herb from a small taproot; stems ascending to erect, numerous, simple to freely branched, 10-40 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves alternate, linear to narrowly oblong, egg-shaped or elliptic, the blades 1-8 cm long, unstalked or nearly so, sometimes reduced to bracts above; stipules short-sheathing, 5-12 mm long, clear, becoming ragged.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of few flowers in elongate axillary racemes; perianths 1.5-5 mm long, greenish with white or pinkish margins, 5-lobed nearly to the base.

Fruits:
Achenes, lanceolate to egg-shaped, sometimes 3-angled, black, smooth and shiny, 2-4 mm long.