Plant: perennial herb; Multistemmed, erect, up to 0.5 m tall, minutely stellate-puberulent Leaves: narrowly oblong-lanceolate, dentate, 3-9 mm wide, pubescent beneath Flowers: axillary but apically congested through shortened internodes; calyx 6-7 mm long; petals yellow-orange (to reddish), 10-12 mm long; styles 10-12, obscurely reticulate laterally, muticous Fruit: FRUITS schizocarpic, glabrous or pubescent; mericarps 5-14, usually indurate, usually laterally reticulate, apically 2-spined or muticous; SEEDS solitary, glabrous Misc: On rocky slopes and in canyons, generally in open vegetation:; 1200-1800 m (4000-6000 ft); Jun-Oct REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.