Plant: Perennial, sometimes from rhizome-like root; stem prostrate to weakly ascending, 1-6 dm, fleshy, glabrous Leaves: generally cauline, 1-6 cm, generally oblanceolate, short-petioled to subsessile, acute to obtuse, fleshy, glabrous INFLORESCENCE: spikes 2-4, terminal, coiled in flower Flowers: calyx lobes oblong to narrowly ovate, glabrous; corolla 3-5 mm, bell-shaped, limb 3-4 mm wide, white to bluish; stamens inserted on upper tube, included, anthers ± sessile; style attached atop ovary, stigma linear to disk-like Fruit: Fruit: nutlets 4, smooth, erect, generally ovoid to spheric, scar generally lateral Misc: Moist to dry, saline soils; < 2100 m.; Mar-Oct References: J.C. Hickman. The Jepson Manual. W.B. McDougal. Seed plants of Northern Arizona. ASU specimens.