Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to Baja California, east to Utah.
Habitat: Dry, open, usually sandy places in the lowlands.
Flowers: April-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Cushion-forming, dwarf annual, 1-6 cm. high, the herbage stiff-hairy.
Leaves narrowly linear, 5-13 mm. long, densely crowded toward the end of the branches.
Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; fruiting calyx 2-3 mm. long, circumscissile near the middle, the persistent cup-shaped portion translucent, the deciduous part herbaceous; corolla white, 5-lobed, 0.5-1.5 mm. wide; style equaling the nutlets.
Nutlets 4, smooth, triangular-ovate, 1-1.3 mm. long, attached to the style.
Publication: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36(12): 677. 1909.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Greeneocharis circumscissa in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Greeneocharis circumscissa checklist entry.
E-Flora BC: Greeneocharis circumscissa atlas page.
CalPhotos: Greeneocharis circumscissa photos.
USDA Plants: Greeneocharis circumscissa information.
