Plant: perennial herb or subshrub; with trailing branches, the stems minutely stellate-pubescent, sometimes also with simple hairs 1 mm long Leaves: broadly ovate, up to 5 cm long (usually smaller), coarsely dentate, sparsely stellate-pubescent, concolorous Inflorescence: flowers solitary in the leaf axils Flowers: calyx 3-5 mm long, the lobes reflexed in fruit; petals orange or pink, 4-7 mm long; staminal column 2 mm long, glabrous; styles 5 Fruit: a schizocarp, exceeding the calyx, 7-9 mm diameter, minutely stellate-pubescent; mericarps 5 (rarely 6), apically acute or apiculate; SEEDS 2 mm long, minutely pubescent Misc: Dry plains and arid slopes; 750-1700 m (2500-5500 ft); flowering more or less throughout the year Notes: Stamens monadelphous References: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. McDougall; Seed plants of Northern Arizona. Hickman ed.; The Jepson Manual. ASU specimans. Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.