Plant: perennial or annual herb or subshrub; to 1 m tall, minutely stellate-puberulent Leaves: broadly ovate to (in ours) narrowly oblong-lanceolate, dentate, 2-4 cm long, discolorous Flowers: solitary (or grouped) in the leaf axils, sometimes crowded apically; calyx 5-7 mm long; petals yellow (rarely white); styles 5 Fruit: FRUITS broadly conical, 4-5 mm diameter; mericarps 5, with apical spines ca. 1 mm long, these antrorsely pubescent; SEEDS solitary, glabrous Misc: Open arid slopes and sandy plains, sometimes in fields; 1050-1200 m (3500-4000 ft); flowering throughout the year REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.