Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where known historically from Klickitat County (likely extirpated); Washington to California, east to the Great Plains and the central U.S.
Habitat: Emergent in muddy soils of ponds, lakes, ditches, rivers, and streams.
Flowers: June-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Presumed extirpated in Washington (WANHP)
Glandular annual with erect to decumbent, freely-branched stems 0.5-3 dm. long.
Leaves opposite, short petioled, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long, glandular-denticulate; stipules whitish, glandular.
Flowers 1-several in the leaf axils, pedicels short; sepals 5, about 3 mm. long, keeled, coarsely glandular-denticulate and pubescent; petals 5, white, shorter than the sepals, regular; stamens 10; ovary superior; styles short, distinct.
Capsule globose, seeds numerous.
Publication: Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. 1: 285. 1842.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Bergia texana in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Bergia texana checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Bergia texana information.
E-Flora BC: Bergia texana atlas page.
CalPhotos: Bergia texana photos.
USDA Plants: Bergia texana information.
