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Samolus spathulatus

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Authors: Cav.   Duby  

Botanical Description

Stems about 10-20cm high, sometimes less or more. Basal leaves 2.5-5cm long, spathulate, fleshy, lustrous. Flowers pink to violet, 7-10mm across, in short racemes or corymbs on leafy stems, summer. Tierra del Fuego and coastal Argentina north to Santa Cruz, in wet grassland.