Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Baja California, east to Montana, Utah, and Nevada.

Habitat: Moist ground, from the coast to mid-elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, wasps

Low, diffuse, mat-forming perennial, the stems freely-rooting, the upright stems 5-15 cm. long, simple or branched above.

Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate or elliptic to obovate, 5-15 mm. long, 5-to 7-nerved, rounded, slightly clasping.

Inflorescence of leafy, few-flowered, terminal cymes; sepals 5, 2-3 mm. long, ovate-elliptic; petals 5, salmon-yellow, only slightly longer than the sepals; stamens 15-25, longer than the sepals, the filaments stout, free; styles 3, slender, 1.5-2 mm. long.

Capsule 3-celled.