Plant: perennial herb; trailing stems with a mixture of stellate hairs and lepidote scales Leaves: triangular, acute, irregularly dentate, 1-2 cm long Flowers: solitary in leaf axils; with the pedicel subequal to the corresponding leaf; involucel usually absent; calyx 6-8 mm long, lepidote; petals 12-15 mm long Fruit: FRUITS an oblate schizocarp, 5-6 mm diameter; mericarps ca. 7, dorsally rounded; SEEDS solitary, glabrous Misc: Usually in heavy, saline soils on roadsides or mud flats; 1350-1700 m (4500-5500 ft); flowering throughout the year REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.