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Gayophytum diffusum is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name spreading groundsmoke. It is native to western North America where it is a common member of many different habitats. This is a spindly, branching annual herb reaching a maximum height of about half a meter. Its thin stems have sparse narrow leaves a few centimeters long. The occasional flowers are petite and usually white in color. The fruit is a cylindrical, knobby capsule up to 1. 5 centimeters long.
Annual herb
2 ft Tall
White
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Clark's Day Sphinx Moth
Proserpinus clarkiae
Pussy's Toes Pyrausta
Pyrausta unifascialis