E. peplus L., Sp. Pl. 456(1753).
  Glabrous annual to 40 cm. Stems simple or 2-branched (or more) from base, erect or decumbent. Cauline leaves with lamina ovate, suborbicular or obovate, 2-20 x 2-12 mm, obtuse or emarginate, entire, base attenuate into a 1 cm petiole. Ray-leaves similar to cauline, but more shortly petiolate. Raylet-leaves sessile, somewhat obliquely ovate-rhombic, 3-15 x 2-10 mm, rounded or cuneate. Rays 3-4, to 6 times dichotomous; axillary rays (0-)l-4. Glands with 2 short, medium or long horns. Fruit trilobate, each valve with 2 dorsal ridges parallel to keel, 2 mm diam., smooth. Seeds ovoid-hexagonal, 1-1.6 mm, ventral facets 2, each with a longitudinal groove, lateral and dorsal facets each with 2-4 pits, pale grey, grooves and pits darker grey; caruncle conical, white. Fl. 2-8. Liquidambar forest, phrygana, rocky and grassy places, fields and waste ground, s. I.-1400 m.
1. Stems erect, simple or few-branched; cauline leaves obovate; seeds 1.3-1.6 mm var. peplus
1. Stems decumbent, often much-branched; cauline leaves ± orbicular; seeds 1-1.4 mm var. minima
var. minima DC. in Lam. & DC, Fl. Fr. 3:331 (1805). Syn: E. peploides Gouan, Fl. Monsp. 174 (1764)! E. peplus L. var. peploides (Gouan) Vis., Fl. Dalm. 3:229 (1852)! E. peplus L. var. maritima Boiss. in DC, Prodr. 15(2): 141 (1862)! E. pusillima Post in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3:162 (1895). Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 5: t. 140 f. 4774 (1841); Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. Lib. Syr. 2: t. 207 f. 6(1970). Figure 17.
  Described from France.
  Turkey-in-Europe, Outer Anatolia, Islands. A2(E) Istanbul: Ihlamur, 10 vi 1893, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Heybeliada (Halki), Azn.! A5 Sinop: InceBurun, 30 m, Tobey 1613! A6 Samsun: N.W. of Samsun, 10 m, Tobey 448! A7 Giresun: Giresun, Birand. A8 Gümüşane: Bayburt, vii 1862, Bourgeau. B1 Çanakkale: Thymbra, Scamander valley (Küçük Menderes Çay), Sint. 1883: 284! C3 Antalya: E. of Antalya, 40 m, Tengwall 89! C5 Içel/Adana: Cilicia, Siehe 1895:5! C6 Hatay: Iskenderun, 1400 m, Akman 252. Is: Lesvos, Cand.; Fournoi, Rech. 4701; Kalimnos, Fors.-Maj. 26; Rodhos, Senni.
  Distribution ± as for the typical variety, although var. minima is perhaps more particularly characteristic of the Mediterranean region.