Tufted, mat forming growth habit with woody roots. Leaves are linear, sharp-tipped, somewhat woolly, and overlap one another. Leaf length to 5 mm. Flowers are white with 5 petals, flower diameter measured at 1 cm.

Very common to dry grasslands and prairie hillsides in southern Saskatchewan. Spring bloomer.

Above photos were taken April 23rd, and June 30th, hillside of the Qu'Appelle Valley, 30 km north of our home in Regina, SK, and may 17th on a rocky slope in the Buffalo Grass Eco Reserve 200 km south east of Regina, SK.

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