Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.
Habitat: Dry, open slopes in the valleys, plains and foothills, common among sagebrush.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Pollination: Bees, flies, wasps
Slender annual, 0.5-3 dm. tall, freely branched and without a well-defined central axis; herbage appressed-hairy.
Leaves scattered, linear, the hairs rising from blisters.
Inflorescence of paired, naked spikes; fruiting calyx narrow, 4-6 mm. long, closely ascending, bristly; corolla white, about 1 mm. wide; style equaling the nutlets.
Nutlets usually 4, lanceolate, about 2 mm. long and 0.6 mm. wide, covered with short, blunt projections, attached to the style.
Publication: Botanical Gazette 54(2): 144-145. 1912.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Cryptantha scoparia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Cryptantha scoparia checklist entry
OregonFlora: Cryptantha scoparia information
E-Flora BC: Cryptantha scoparia atlas page
CalPhotos: Cryptantha scoparia photos
