Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.

Habitat: Meadows, vernal pools and rocky ridges, lowlands to mid-elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Glabrous, erect or ascending, usually freely branched annual 6-20 cm. tall.

Linear, 10-25 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, basally jointed; stipules lacerate, 4-8 mm. long.

Crowded in groups of 1-4 on the branch tips, the branches arising from the axils of obovate, prominent, strongly white-margined bracts that have a green mid-rib; perianth 2.5 mm. long, divided over half the length, the 5 segments oblong-lanceolate, with greenish center and prominent white to pink margins.

Achene with three sharp angles, dark brown, dull, longitudinally striate, 2 mm. long.