Herb occasionally to 40 cm tall but mostly much smaller, more or less erect, having glandular hairs on the stems leaves and sepals. Leaves in clusters at the joints, linear 1-3 cm long, 0.5 mm wide, fleshy. Flowers on individual flower stalks to about 2 cm long, bending back and then straightening after flowering; spring, early summer. Sepals 3-4 mm long. Stamens 10. Seeds round, black with narrow wing.

N Asia, Africa

Widely naturalised in Australia as a weed of paths, waste places and gardens.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Caryophyllaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.