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1 genus. —Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.

(Annual) [per] to shrub, generally with rhizome; glands salt-secreting.
Stem: prostrate to erect, nodes swollen, generally rooting.
Leaf: opposite, 4-ranked, united by a single sheath, ± clustered, simple, 1–15 mm, salt-encrusted, generally persistent; blade obovate to oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic, generally leathery or fleshy, glabrous to hairy, margin entire, rolled under; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: generally cyme, axillary.
Flower: generally bisexual, radial; calyx persistent, sepals 4–7, fused, ribbed; petals 4–7, free, white to pink or blue-purple, overlapping, clawed, with adaxial scale-like appendage near base; stamens 3–12(25), 2- whorled, outer whorl shorter; ovary superior, chambers 1–4, styles 1–4, exserted, ovules 1–many.
Fruit: loculicidal capsule within persistent calyx.
Seed: 1–many, ivory to gold-brown.
90 species: especially coastal and semi-arid regions; soils high in salt, gypsum, or calcium. (Johann Frankenius, colleague of Linnaeus) [Whalen 1987 Syst Bot Monogr 17:1–93]

Matted subshrub < 3 m diam.
Stem: ± prostrate, 1–6 dm, glabrous to hairy.
Leaf: blade 4–15 mm, 1–6 mm wide, margins not strongly thickened, weakly rolled under, leathery, abaxially glabrous to sparsely hairy.
Inflorescence: 1 to cymose in upper axils.
Flower: calyx tube 4–9 mm; petals 6–14 mm, white to pink or blue-purple; stamens generally 6, 5–12 mm; styles 3(4).
Fruit: 3–5 mm.
Seed: 1–20, 1–1.5 mm, ± ellipsoid.
Salt marshes, alkali flats; < 750 m. Great Central Valley, Central Coast, South Coast, Channel Islands, East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert;

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Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Bioregions in which taxon occurs	Red area (if present) is the part of the bioregion lying between the upper and lower elevation limits of the taxon; markers link to CCH specimen records. If the markers are obscured, reload the page [or change window size and reload]. Yellow markers indicate records that may have georeferencing or identification issues.
Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.