Modiola Monech
Procumbent herb. Lvs variously palmately divided. Epicalyx segments 3, free to base; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, obtuse. Style-branches as many as loculi, filiform. Fr. of numerous, 2-3-seeded, awned cells arranged in a single flat whorl, dehiscent and separating from central axis.
1 sp., tropical America and warm temperate N. America. Naturalised sp. 1.
