According to Moss and Packer, Flora of Alberta:
"Small scapose annual (usually winter annual) or possibly short-lived peren...Read Morenial". Range and habitat: "Dry open ground to alpine elevations. Circumpolar: Alaska, Yukon, Mackenzie, Bank Is., Victoria Is. to James Bay, Quebec, Newfoundland south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, South and North Dakota; Baffin Is., Ellesmere Is."
According to Moss and Packer, Flora of Alberta:
"Small scapose annual (usually winter annual) or possibly short-lived peren...Read More
Pygmyflower Rockjasmine, Androsace septentrionalis, is native to Texas ans other States.