Plant: perennial herb; to 1 m tall, the stems puberulent Leaves: ovate to hastate, dentate to subentire, obscurely pubescent INFLORESCENCE: a raceme or panicle Flowers: calyx 3-7 mm long (6-8 mm in fruit); petals pale yellow, 6-8 mm long; staminal column glabrous or nearly so, ca. 2 mm long; styles 10-13 Fruit: FRUITS a schizocarp, oblate, stellate-pubescent; mericarps 10-13, with dorsal spur 1-2 mm long; SEEDS enclosed in reticulate endocarp 2.5 mm long Misc: In brushland; ca. 900 m (3000 ft); Aug-Nov REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.