Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Open ground, balds, and prairies where wet in the spring.
Flowers: March-April
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Endangered in Washington (WANHP)
Pollination: Bees
Glabrous, glaucous annual, the stem 2-10 cm. tall, simple or sparingly branched.
Leaves entire; basal leaves spatulate-obovate, 6-18 mm. long; cauline leaves opposite, sessile.
Flowers single on slender, erect, axillary and terminal peduncles 2-4 cm. long; receptacle flared, flat; sepals 3, 1.5 mm. long; petals usually 6, white, 2.5-4 mm. long; stamens 3-6, the anthers oval, 0.25 mm. long, much shorter than the filaments; ovary 3-celled, style absent; stigma 3-lobed, erect.
Capsule linear, 10-18 mm. long, somewhat contorted.
Publication: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 64. 1838.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Meconella oregana in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Meconella oregana checklist entry
OregonFlora: Meconella oregana information
E-Flora BC: Meconella oregana atlas page
CalPhotos: Meconella oregana photos
