Limnia humifusa

Limnia humifusa (Howell) Rydb. Fl. Prairies 313. 1932
ia paniflora depressa A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 281. 1887. Claylonia perfoliate amplectens Greene, Fl. Fran. 178. 1891. [Leaves connate on one side only.] Monlia pan-ifolia depressa B. L. Robinson, in A. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. Am. I 1 : 274. 1897. Montio humifusa Howell, Fl. NW. Am. 1: 96. 1897. Claylonia depressa Suksd. Deuts. Bot. Monats. 16: 221. 1S98. Monlia depressa Suksd. Deuts. Bot. Monats. 16: 221. 1898.
Claylonia depressa armaria Suksd. Deuts. Bot. Monats. 16: 222. 1898. (Depauperate.) Limnia depressa Rvdb. Bull. Torrev Club 33: 139. 1906. Monlia perfoliala depressa Jepson. Fl. Calif. 1: 471. 1914. Limnia amplectens A. Heller. MS. Claylonia perfoliala depressa Poelln. Repert. Sp. Nov. 30: 301. 1932.
Annual: stems diffuse, 1 dm. high or less, glabrous, ascending or decumbent; basal leaves petioled, green or brownish, the petioles 2-5 cm. long, the blades rhombic-ovate or rhombic, 4-10 mm. long and as broad; stem-leaves connate on one side or both, forming a disk 1-2 cm. wide; inflorescence very short, sessile, scarcely exceeding the stem-leaves; sepals suborbicular, 2 mm. long, unequal; petals white, 3 mm. long, retuse; seeds rounded-oval, 1 mm. long.
Tvii; locality: Milton, Oregon.
DISTRIBUTION: British Columbia to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Utah, and Lower California.