Plant: Suffrutescent perennial herb; hairs barbed, some stinging; STEMS 1-several, 4-35 cm long Leaves: ovate to suborbicular; petiole 1-6 cm long; blade 1.5-7 cm long, 1.5-8 cm wide; margin short-toothed, usually lobed; uppermost leaves short-petiolate INFLORESCENCE: cymose Flowers: inconspicuous; calyx lobes oblong, 0.8-1 cm long; corolla sympetalous, tubular, 9-18 mm long, the tube 6-14 mm long, yellowish, the lobes 3-4 mm long, green, erect; stamens epipetalous, included; filaments to 2 mm long; style included, not exceeding stamens Fruit: capsules reflexed, to 1 cm long excluding calyx lobes; SEEDS numerous, 0.5-1.5 mm long, parietal; testa longitudinally striate; endosperm lacking Misc: in crevices of rock faces or on very steep rocky slopes; 350-500 m (1100-1500 ft); Dec-Feb REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 1998. Loasaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 96.