Blooms: May-August
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Wisconsin and New Mexico.
Habitat: Moist areas, foothills to mid-elevations in the mountains, seldom in alkaline areas.

Species Description:

General: Appressed-hairy annual from a taproot, or fibrous-rooted, the several stems prostrate to ascending, up to 20 cm. long.
Leaves: Leaves all cauline, linear, up to 6.5 cm. long and 5 mm. wide, the lower 1-4 pairs opposite, the others alternate.
Flowers: Flowers in loose spikes terminating the branches, often leafy-bracteate below to near the base; calyx 2-4 mm. long with 5 lanceolate lobes; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 1-4 wide, white; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; nutlets mostly attached to the style in a small area near the base.
Fruits: Flowers in loose spikes terminating the branches, often leafy-bracteate below to near the base; calyx 2-4 mm. long with 5 lanceolate lobes; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 1-4 wide, white; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; nutlets mostly attached to the style in a small area near the base.

Subspecies & Varieties:

Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnston

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Plagiobothrys scouleri specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Plagiobothrys scouleri specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Plagiobothrys scouleri treatment.

E-Flora BC: Plagiobothrys scouleri atlas page.

CalPhotos: Plagiobothrys scouleri images.

USDA Plants Database: Plagiobothrys scouleri.