Scleranthus fasciculatus

Lax, straggly, procumbent perennial with non-woody base; stems to 30 cm long, usually hairy. Leaves fascicled, 4–12(–16) mm long, (0.2–)0.3–0.8 mm wide, keeled, incurved, usually hairy; apex apiculate; margin very narrow, scarious, papillose. Inflorescence a pedunculate pair of subsessile flowers; peduncle up to 7(–11) mm long in fruit, usually hairy, otherwise glabrous; bracts usually hairy; pedicels absent, obscure or up to 0.1(–0.5) mm long. Sepals 5, triangular-ovate, 0.4–0.7 mm long, 0.2–0.7 mm wide, juxtaposed in fruit, overlapping at base, margin scarious, midrib keeled; stamens 1, enclosed within the calyx, caducous. Fruit not ribbed, veins obscure, 1.5–2.4 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide. Flowers Sep.–Mar.