STEMS: to 35 em long. LEAVES to 20 mm long, to 12 mm wide. FLOWERS: mostly 4-10 per cluster, the pedicels to 2 mm long; sepals 4-5(-6) mm long, the apex attenuate or long-acuminate. SEEDS: ca. 0.4-0.5 mm long, red-brown, smooth but visibly reticulate with a cross-hatched pattern. 2n = 18, 36. NOTES: Disturbed areas, often associated with stock tanks: Cochise, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma cos.; 250-1200 m (900-4000 ft.); May-Oct; CA, LA, OK, TX, s to CArner., W. Ind. First collected in Arizona in 1975 (Lane, M. A. and D. J. Keil. 1976. Madrofio 23:457). REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 1998. Molluginaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 112..