Plant: perennial herb; Polygamous, very finely puberulent; STEMS 15-45 cm long from woody bases, little branched, the branches short Leaves: 4 per node, 10-23 mm long, linear to narrowly lanceolate-oblanceolate, each narrowed to a broad insertion and narrowed abruptly to a non-pungent apex Flowers: on narrow inflorescence, the branchlets short, ascending, little exserted; corollas glabrous, greenish or yellow, the apices usually short and blunt. Fruit: FRUITS a little nodding, densely covered with long straight hairs Misc: Moist shady places, talus slopes, rock crevices, hillsides; 2050-3150 m (6800-10400 ft); Jul-Oct REFERENCES: Dempster, Lauramay T. 1995. Rubiaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Sci. 29(l): 29.