Montia dichotoma (Nutt.) T. J. Howell

Montiastrum dichotomum (Nutt.) Rydberg
Claylonia dicholoma Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 202. 1838. Montia dicholoma Howell. Erythea 1: 36. 1893.
Annual; stem 2-5 cm. high, sparingly branched; leaves alternate, filiform, sheathing at the base, 1-2 mm. long; bractlet at the base of the lowest pedicel usually present, 2 mm. long, lanceolate; racemes 1-2 cm. long, nodding, at the ends of the branches; pedicels 1-2 mm. long, recurved; sepals rounded-ovate, scarcely 2 mm. long; petals scarcely exceeding the sepals, emarginate; capsule 2 mm. long; seeds lenticular, orbicular, smooth, black, 1 mm. long.
Type locality: Rocks near junction of Willamette River, Oregon. Distribution: Washington to northern California.