Plant: Subshrub; ca. 1 m tall (rarely taller) Leaves: ovate, to 6 cm long (often smaller), irregularly serrulate, densely tomentulose INFLORESCENCE: flowers solitary or in open panicles Flowers: calyx 3-5 mm long; corolla yellow or pink with dark red center, the petals reflexed, 4-6 mm long; staminal column 2-3 mm long, purplish, minutely pubescent; styles 5 Fruit: FRUITS a schizocarp, exceeding the calyx, ca. 6 mm diameter, tomentulose; mericarps 5, acute or apiculate at apex, 3-seeded; SEEDS ca. 2 mm long, minutely pubescent but appearing glabrous Misc: In open, arid well-drained slopes; 300-1200 m (1000-4000 ft); flowering throughout the year but principally Oct-Nov Notes: hairs stellate References: P. Fryxell - Malvaceae - JANAS 27:222-236.ASU specimens. REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.