Plant: subshrub; to 1 m tall, the stems with spreading simple hairs 0.5-1 mm long and smaller glandular hairs Leaves: ovate-acuminate, dentate, softly tomentose INFLORESCENCE: an open panicle Flowers: calyx 5-7 mm long; petals ca. 1 cm long, pale yellow (drying reddish); staminal column ca. 6 mm long, pubescent; styles 5 Fruit: FRUITS schizocarp, flattened, puberulent, ca. 6 mm diameter; mericarps 5, dorsally rounded; SEEDS 3 mm long, without endocarp Misc: Arid mountains and canyons; 1100-1500 m (3500-5000 ft; Apr-Dec REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.