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Scalepod is a small, glabrous annual with many leafless stems that are up to 10 cm high. The numerous basal leaves have a long, slender petiole and narrowly elliptic blades that are 5-15 mm long with entire margins or two shallow lobes near the base. Each stem bears a single white flower at the tip. Each flower has 4 red to purple, separate sepals that are ca. 2 mm long, 4 separate petals of the...