Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California; also in northeastern North America.

Habitat: Moist, disturbed areas.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, butterflies

Glabrous, pale glaucous-green annual, the stems simple or branched, 1-4 dm. tall, erect or nearly prostrate, somewhat angled.

Leaves alternate, or some of the lower ones opposite, linear to oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long and 1-8 mm. broad, entire.

Flowers perfect, solitary and sessile in the upper leaf axils; calyx tube 4-5 mm. long, with 5-7 lobes about 0.5 mm. long, and linear appendages about twice as long alternating with the lobes; petals 5-7, white to rose, 2-3.5 mm. long, attached to the top of the calyx tube; stamens inserted in the calyx tube.

Capsule elongate, 2-celled.