Annual plant, which the wildflower guides list as having either a prostrate or erect growth habit (!). Purplish flowers in the axils of the fleshy bracts at end of stems (flowers also listed as often greenish in colour).

Height to 50 cm, spread (in the erect form) 30 cm.

Thank you to John Hudson for his assistance in identifying this plant.

Took the above photos in late August on the shore of Little Quill Lake, 200 km north of our home in Regina, SK.