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 Plant showing leaves USDA, NRCS. 2023. PLANTS Database (https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/, 05/09/2023). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. | | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or perennial
General Desc:
Slender to thread-like stems just a few inches long, trailing or erect; sometimes clumpy in form; may root at the nodes; leaves are narrow, less than 1 inch long; solitary, small 5-petaled white flowers; petals usually shorter than the sepals.
Identification notes: Small, inconspicuous; diffuse often matted stems; narrow leaves; flowers small, often white, sepals and petals 5, rarely 4; petals usually shorter than sepals, smooth margined; fruit a capsule that splits longitudinally when mature.
Height:
3/4 to 4 inches
Habitat Description: Montane sites, open or light shade, wet places on lake margins, along streams and seeps in rock ledges and road cuts, subalpine and alpine zones.
Plant Communities:
Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3280 - 13100 feet
Color:
White
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jul - Sep
Description:
Solitary, small white flowers; petals usually shorter than the sepals; axillary or terminal, 5 petals, very rarely 4 petals; sepals elliptic, <1 inch long, margins white, rarely purple in alpine specimens, tip blunt to rounded.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Other
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Basal leaves frequently in rosettes, blades narrow, not succulent, tip pointed, not hairy; stem leaves not fused at their base.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule often becomes twice as long as the sepals.
Seed Notes: Seeds brown, obliquely triangular with a distinct groove on the underside, smooth to slightly bumpy.
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