Porter'S Sandmat

Description

Perennial herb, smooth and hairless throughout, with several erect (sometimes prostrate), waxy stems radiating from a taproot or a slightly woody base. Leaves to 0.4 inches long, opposite, relatively thick, oval with oblique bases, whitened beneath with a waxy coating, sometimes with red markings; leaf margins entire and thickened. Cyathia (small cup-like structures holding flowers), one to several in angle of leaf and stem, with tiny, red or green glands. Fruit 3-lobed, smooth.