| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly Mountains; disjunct to Vance County in the northern Piedmont.
Native of Eurasia and northern Africa; in N.A. essentially throughout southern Canada and the U.S., except the Deep South. | |
| Abundance | Rare to uncommon in the Mountains, and very rare elsewhere. | |
| Habitat | Dry to mesic soils of roadsides, lawn weed, rock bald (Haywood County). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-August. | |
| Identification | The species is very much like G. molle, but note the difference in stem hairs. Stem hairs are a mixture of long villous non-glandular hairs and short glandular hairs in G. molle, versus both kinds short glandular in G. pusillum. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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