Stems erect to prostrate, 5–50 cm. Leaf blades green, fleshy, glabrous, ovate to triangular-hastate, to 6 cm long with entire to dentate margins. Inflorescence glomerules, 2–4 mm across, in axillary, simple to compound spikes. Flowers: calyx 3- to 4-parted, segments green to red, nearly distinct, up to 1 mm long; stamens 2 to 3. Seed smooth, flattened-globose, 0.5–1.0 mm (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).