Plant: Annual herb; ca. 1 m tall, the stems minutely stellate- and glandular-pubescent Leaves: ovate to hastate, minutely pubescent, sometimes with purplish blotch along midvein INFLORESCENCE: usually in open raceme or panicle Flowers: calyx 3.5-6 mm long (6-88 mm in fruit); petals 4-7 mm long, bluish purple; staminal column pubescent, 1.5-2(-4) mm long, the anthers few and subsessile; styles 6-8. Fruit: FRUITS a schizocarp, oblate, minutely pubescent, 6-8 mm diameter; mericarps 6-8, with dorsal spurs to 1 mm long; SEEDS 2-2.5 mm long, without endocarp Misc: In open, well-drained habitats; 1400-1700 m (4500-5500 ft); Aug.-Nov REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.