Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washingtpn; southwestern British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.

Habitat: Places that are soggy with standing water in winter and spring, drying in summer.

Flowers: June-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Annual, the stem 1-5 dm. tall, usually branched from the base, spreading only slightly, grayish with dense, soft, straight hairs.

Leaves alternate, numerous, evenly spaced, linear or narrowly lanceolate, entire or remotely denticulate, 1-4 cm. long and 1-2.5 mm. broad.

Flowers axillary and sessile, the floral bracts similar to the leaves but smaller and entire; calyx tubular, 4-lobed; petals 4, borne on the calyx, pink or purplish, about 2 mm. long; ovary inferior, 4-celled; stamens 8, of two lengths.

Capsule 4-celled, 6-11 mm. long, curved, short-beaked.