Glinus radiatus

Shining damascisa, Shining Damascisa

Family: Molluginaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Shining damascisa is a naturalized annual herb found in the Sacramento Valley and Peninsular Ranges in moist or seasonally dry wetland margins at elevations of 100 to 450 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces small white flowers in clusters of 3 to 11 blossoms. Growing with spreading stems 8 to 50 centimeters tall, it has a delicate, sprawling growth habit. Its leaves are obovate to elliptic, 5 to 25 millimeters long, ranging from green to gray-green with short petioles. The tiny reddish-brown seeds are less than half a millimeter long, contributing to the plant's subtle charm.

Habitat: Uncommon. Moist or seasonally dry margins of wetlands

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 100-450 m

Bioregions: ScV, PR

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