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Stems terminating in a rather loose cluster of small (about ¼ inch long) whitish green to whitish pink flowers in which the parts are not readily distinguishable but the margins have 5 lobes. Stems four-sided with each corner having many backward curved prickles. Similarly hooked prickles line the lower surace of the main rib of each leaf.

(Photographed – late August)

A sprawling, weak-stemmed herb of marshy regions. Long branching stems with widely separated leaves. Leaves alternate and lance-shaped with a smooth margin.