Siberian Pygmyweed

Description

Erect or decumbent perennial or annual with stems to 20 cm long, branched, basal branches wiry-woody, not articulated.Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 4-10 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, often grey-brown, rarely reddish; sessile.Inflorescence a spike-like thyrsoid or panicle, pedicels 1-10 mm long in fruit. Flowers mainly 4-merous. Calyx lobes 1.5-3 mm long. Corolla pale yellow to red, lobes 1-2 mm long. Carpel scales narrow-cuneate to T-shaped. Follicles dehiscing by an apical pore or a longitudinal slit; seeds 2.