Osteocarpum salsuginosum

Decumbent to rounded, often glaucous short-lived perennial, branched from base, to c. 20 cm high and 50 cm diam., stems minutely pubescent in axils. Leaves rather crowded, linear to narrowly elliptic, 3–6 mm long, semi-terete or slightly concave on the upper surface. Fruiting perianth sessile or with a short, narrowed, hollow base; the body subglobular, c. 1.5 mm diam., keeled on one side, the keel produced into an apical protuberance c. 0.5 mm long. Fruits mostly Aug.–Nov.