Oligomeris linifolia J.F.Macbr.

Plants usually annual, rarely perennial, 8-40 cm. Leaves: blade linear to oblanceolate, 0.8-5 × 0.05-0.2 cm, sometimes with hyaline basal teeth 0.2-0.4 mm, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces glabrous or scabrid. Inflorescences 2-12(-25) cm; bracts persistent, linear to lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm. Flowers: sepals lanceolate to deltate, 0.7-1.5(-2) mm; petals whitish, ovate, slightly shorter than sepals, 0.7-1(-1.7) mm, usually distinct, sometimes barely connate basally; filaments 1.5(-2) mm, barely connate basally; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm. Capsules sessile or subsessile, compressed-subglobose, 1.7-3 × 2-3.4 mm, apically 4-toothed, teeth acute, 0.5-0.7 mm. Seeds black or brown, 0.5-0.7 mm. 2n = 30.

In Bahrain it grows in sandy and stony soils. It is a desert plant that grows as an annual in spring. In Pakistan it grows up to 1,000 m altitude. It can grow in salty places. It can grow in arid places. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Caution: It is toxic to grazing animals.