Plant: Annual herb; to 33 cm tall Leaves: petiolate; blades lanceolate, 3-8.5 cm long, 0.8-2.2 cm wide, attenuate at base, acute at apex, sparsely villous, distinctly 3-veined, sometimes with 2-4 widely-spaced teeth INFLORESCENCE: pedunculate, scapose; PEDUNCLES 0.5-38 cm long, sparsely to densely villous. SPIKES 1.5-14.5 cm long, interrupted near base; bracts subulate to narrowly triangular to broadly triangular, 2.4-4 mm long, narrowly scarious-margined at base, ciliate Flowers: with sepals ovate, 2-3 mm long, broadly scarious-margined, acute to acuminate at apex, evenly hirsute; corolla lobes erect, enclosing the capsule (sometimes spreading in staminate flowers), lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm long; stamens 4 Fruit: capsules, breaking at middle; SEEDS 2, ellipsoid, 1-2.5 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, deep red, the inner surface flat, the outer surface alveolateFRUIT CAPSULE breaking at middle; SEEDS 2, ellipsoid, 1-2.5 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, deep red, the inner surface flat, the outer surface alveolate Misc: Sandy soils, common in shrublands; 600-1300 m (1500-2500 ft.); Mar-May References: Huisinga, Kristin D. and Tina J. Ayers. 1999. Plantaginaceae. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 32(1).
