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Inflorescence ± oblong, many-flowered; peduncle 3–6 cm long, pilose towards the top; bracts c. 0.5 mm long, narrow.
Stems suberect, weak, few-branched, often rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous below, ± pilose above.
Flowers with pedicels 1–2 mm long, pilose, not reflexed in fruit.
Calyx pilose; tube c. 1.8 mm long, 11-nerved; teeth subulate.
Corolla purple; standard 4–5 mm long, oblong-elliptic.
Ovary 2-ovulate; style 2 mm long, persistent.
Pod oblong, glabrous, usually 2-seeded.
Straggling herb up to 11/2 ft. high
Purple (occasionally white) flowers
Seeds 1.3 × 1 mm, brown.
Stamens c. 3.5 mm long.
Annual herb.
