Plant: perennial herb; enlarged rootstock. STEMS several, divergent, to 35 cm long Leaves: 1.5-6 cm long, 0.6-3.2 cm wide; petiole 0.1-1 cm long; blade broadly lanceolate to ovate, with two large teeth near base; uppermost leaves similar to the lower ones INFLORESCENCE: cymose Flowers: subsessile or pedicel 1-2 mm long; calyx usually deciduous; petals orange, 6-8 mm long, 4 mm wide, with trichomes dorsally on upper half and along midline to near base; staminodia 0; stamens all with linear filaments; style 5-7 mm long Fruit: CAPSULES linear or clavate, often irregularly enlarged, reflexing; body 7-12 mm long. SEEDS 1-3(-4), pendulous, not winged, oblong, the hilum end not constricted; testa cells elongate, striate Misc: Rocky slopes, canyons, on limestone; 1450-1700 m (4800-5500 ft); Aug-Oct REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 1998. Loasaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 96.