It is native to the western United States, where it is known from wet habitat such as vernal pools.

This is a petite annual herb forming dense clumps of hair-thin green stems no more than 3 or 4 centimeters high.

The inflorescence is made up of a single tiny flower atop each stem.

The flower has several reddish segments about 2 to 5 millimeters long wrapped around the developing fruit.

This Poales-related article is a stub.