Plant: Shrubs; to 1.2 m tall Leaves: grayish green, oblong to oblanceolate, 1-3 cm long Inflorescence: 3-12 sessile compact cymes Flowers: with calyx 1.7-2.5 mm long; corolla yellow, funnelform, 2-3 mm long Fruit: FRUITS capsules 1.5-2.5 mm long, indehiscent; SEEDS several, subglobose, wingless, 0.7-0.8 mm in diameter Misc: Granite boulders; Jun-Jul se end of Sierra Estrella Mts.: Maricopa Co.; Jun-Jul; s NM, w TX, n and c Mex. REFERENCES: Norman, Eliane M. 1992. BERBERIDACEAE. J. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1):2