Plant: Annual 5-35 cm; Stem branched from base or throughout, strigose Leaves: 1-2(3) cm, simple, entire, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, with many bulbous-based bristles; basal whorled; cauline generally opposite below, alternate above INFLORESCENCE: cymes, open in fruit; flowers spreading to recurved Flowers: sepals free, 1.5-2 mm, 2-3.5 mm and curved in fruit, densely spreading-bristly, hairs collectively light yellow-brown; corolla generally white, tube generally 1-13 mm, appendages 5, white to yellow, corolla limb 1-2 mm wide; anthers included; ovary generally 4-lobed Fruit: Fruit: nutlet 1-2 (if 2, 1 > other), 1.5-2 mm, lanceolate, curved, back fine-granular, brown, groove on inside surface ± closed, flared open at base Misc: Sandy to rocky soils; 700-2500 m.; Apr-Jun