Plant: Trailing perennial subshrub; the stems flexuous, stellate-pubescent and usually also with long simple hairs Leaves: ovate, crenate, up to 7 cm long (progressively reduced upward) Flowers: solitary in leaf axils, on slender, recurved pedicels; calyx 4-7 mm long, reflexed in fruit; petals 6-11 mm long; staminal column glabrous, 2-2.5 mm long; styles 10-12 Fruit: FRUITS schizocarpic, oblate to hemispheric, inflated, hirsute, 1.5-2 cm diameter; mericarps 10-12, dorsally dehiscent. SEEDS 1.7 mm long, minutely scabridulous Misc: Dry slopes, canyons, and roadsides; up to 900 m (3000 ft), occasionally higher; flowering throughout the year References: P. Fryxell - Malvaceae - JANAS 27:222-236. J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual. Kearney and Peebles. Arizona Flora.ASU specimens. REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.