1. Perennials; leaves linear to oblanceolate, rarely obovate, the larger leaves 9-22-(30) mm long; calyx 4-10 mm long; stamens about 30; styles 3-5; in our area in NE California, SE Oregon, Nevada and Utah; Salt Lake, Utah, Millard, Uintah, Grand, Wayne, San Juan counties. Sesuvium verrucosum
Sesuvium verrucosum
Sesuvium verrucosum
1' Annuals; leaves obovate to suborbicular, sometimes oblanceolate; calyx 1.8-3.6 mm long; stamens about 3-10; styles 1-2;
2. Larger leaves of the unequal pair 3.5-6 mm long; stamens usually 3; styles 2; WC Nevada (Churchill and Lyon counties), westward and southward. Cypselea humifusa
Sesuvium humifusum
2' Larger leaves of the unequal pair 12-40 mm long; stamens usually 5-10; style 1; in our area in Utah: Washington county. Trianthema portulacastrum