Plant: Shrubs; to 50 cm tall Leaves: opposite, entire to 3-lobed, oblanceolate to spatulate, 3.5-7.5 mm long, 1.0-2.3 mm wide, apiculate, glabrous; stipules minute Flowers: single, sessile or short- pedunculate; sepals 4, 3.0-3.5 mm long; petals 4, white, 4-5 mm long; stamens 8; carpels (1-)4; stigmas linear Fruit: FRUITS with prominent striate veins; SEEDS 1-2, brown, 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, with an entire or fimbrillate white aril Misc: In rhyolitic rock crevices and on ledges in and around Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise Co.; 1700-2100 m (5500-6800 ft); Apr-Nov REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T., Jr. Crossosomataceae. . Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1):2