Plant: robust annual herb; to 1 m tall (or more), the stems stellate-tomentose, an agricultural and garden weed Leaves: broadly ovate to suborbicular, 8-15 cm long, crenulate, softly pubescent Inflorescence: flowers usually solitary in the leaf axils Flowers: calyx ca. 10 mm long; petals 8-13 mm long; staminal column shorter than petals, glabrous; styles 13-15. Fruit: FRUITS a schizocarp, 2 cm diameter, hirsute; mericarps 13-15, apically spinescent (spines 3-6 mm long). SEEDS 3-4 mm long, minutely puberulent Misc: 300-750 m (1000-2500 ft); Jun-Sep Notes: Involucle absent. Leaves velvety-pubescent with stellate or tomentose hairs. Sap is mucilaginous. REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236. References: Kearney & Peebles; Arizona Flora. Hickman ed., The Jepson Manual. ASU specimans