Polycarpaea zollingeri
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Description
Slender, erect, pubescent annual.
Leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic to linear, mucronate, pubescent, 2-7 by 1-2 mm.
Stipules narrowly ovate-oblong, 4 by 0.7 mm including a 2 mm thread-like apex;
Sepals scarious, ovate-oblong, acute, 3.5-4 by 1.3 mm, central part c. 0.5 mm wide, green, herbaceous, appressedly hairy, disappearing c. 1 mm below apex, with 3 anastomosing nerves.
Petals scarious, oblong-elliptic, with blunt apex, slightly erose or bifid, 1.5-2.5 by 0.7-1 mm, midrib well-marked, disappearing c. 1 mm below apex.
Stamens 1-2 mm;
Ovary ellipsoid, 1 by 0.5-0.7 mm;
Capsule ellipsoid, 2 by 1 mm, brownish striate in upper part.
Seeds numerous, reniform, light brown with darker spots, 0.3-0.5 mm.