Plant: Perennial; stem decumbent, glabrous; sap milky Leaves: cauline, opposite, short-petioled, 3-11 mm; stipules separate, linear, entire; blade ovate, glabrous, tip acute, margin entire INFLORESCENCE: flower-like, generally 1 per node; involucre < 2 mm, bell-shaped to obconic, glabrous; gland < 1 mm, elliptic; appendage narrower than gland, scalloped, white Flowers: Staminate flowers 25-35, generally in 5 clusters around pistillate flower, each flower a stamen; Pistillate flower: 1, central, stalked; ovary chambers 3, ovule 1 per chamber, styles 3, style divided 1/2 length Fruit: capsule, 2-2.5 mm, ovoid, lobed, glabrous; Seed 2-2.5 mm, ovoid, smooth to slightly wrinkled, white Misc: Dry slopes, woodland; 1500-2300 m.; May-Oct