Habit: Annual.
Leaf: whorled, opposite in inflorescence.
Inflorescence: spike; bracts overlapping, 3 per flower.
Flower: calyx 0; corolla tubular, lobes 4--5, erect; style divided distally, stigmas spheric.
Fruit: nutlets 2, wider distally.
Species In Genus: 35--40 species: Mediterranean to central Asia.
Etymology: (Latin: little cross, presumably from corolla lobes)
Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Lauramay T. Dempster
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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