Stellaria papillata

Annual, with slender taproot, glabrous; stems erect to ascending, single to branched from base, 3–15 cm. Leaves sessile, narrowly ovate to linear, (3–)5–10(–15) mm long, 0.5–1(–1.2) mm wide, margin sparsely toothed. Inflorescence a very condensed monochasium; fruiting pedicel erect, 0.3–0.6(–1.5) mm long; sepals (2–)2.5–4.5 mm long, apex acute to acuminate, margin occasionally slightly ragged at apex; petals (0–)2–5, often reduced to single arm, less than 1 mm long; stamens 2–7. Capsule (2.5–)3–3.5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam., shorter than or equal to sepals; valves straight or slightly incurved at apex, thickened, papillate; seeds (2)3 per capsule, 1.3–1.9 mm long, yellow or mid- to reddish-brown, tubercles small to medium, in narrow flattened ridges, reticulate. Flowers Apr.–Jun.