Plant: Annual herb; 8-45 cm tall Leaves: 2-14 cm long, 0.5-4.5 cm wide; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm long; blade lanceolate, the basal ones sometimes elliptic, with 2 (or 4) prominent basal lobes; uppermost sublinear and entire INFLORESCENCE: cymose Flowers: sessile; calyx usually persistent; petals orange, 5-7 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, with trichomes at apex only; staminodia 0; outer stamens with very slightly broadened filaments; style 4-5 mm long Fruit: capsules clavate, long-tapering to base, erect; body 2-3 cm long. SEEDS 8-12, pendulous, not winged, blocky in outline except for the protruding hilum end; testa cells elongate, striate Misc: Washes, grasslands, canyons, rocky slopes; 1050-1850 m (3500-6000 ft); Aug-Oct REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 1998. Loasaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 96.