Plant: Annual herb; 5-45 cm long, with prostrate stems Leaves: cauline, opposite, 0.5-2 cm long, sessile; blade ovate, glabrous Flowers: orange or salmon-colored to scarlet; calyx deeply lobed, 2-7 mm long; corolla deeply lobed, 2-7 mm long, the lobes with stalked glands on the outer margins, stamens 5; ovary superior Fruit: circumscissile capsules Misc: Moist meadows, stream banks, pond edges and moist disturbed areas; 300-1650 m (1000-5400 ft); Mar-Jun REFERENCES: Cholewa Anita F. 1992. Primulaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1)2