Intro: Erect annual with small purple flowers held close to stem, growing in gardens, glades and on roadsides and other disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems ridged, branched only at base.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile but generally not clasping, elliptic to oval or oblong, to about 1 in. long, sometimes wavy-margined.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in leaf axils, opening 1 at a time and most never opening; purple to pale lavender; about ½ in. wide; consisting of 5 widely spreading petals, 5 white stamens and a 3-lobed stigma.

Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

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Height: 6-20 in.

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description: Erect annual with small purple flowers held close to stem, growing in gardens, glades and on roadsides and other disturbed areas.

stems: Stems ridged, branched only at base.

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile but generally not clasping, elliptic to oval or oblong, to about 1 in. long, sometimes wavy-margined.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in leaf axils, opening 1 at a time and most never opening; purple to pale lavender; about ½ in. wide; consisting of 5 widely spreading petals, 5 white stamens and a 3-lobed stigma.

fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.

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