Plant: Annual, diminutive or mat-forming, hairy, unarmed, gland-dotted Leaves: odd-1-pinnate; leaflets 8-12, 3-7 mm, ± round to obovate-oblong, flat or folded, entire, flat INFLORESCENCE: spike, 8-15 mm wide, ovoid or short-cylindric; bracts generally ± conspicuous, < ± 1 mm wide Flowers: calyx 3-7 mm, lobes needle-like, ± = tube, shaggy-hairy, calyx tube 10-ribbed; petals often > sepals, whitish or lavender; stamens 9-10 or 5, filaments fused; ovules 2 Fruit: legume, indehiscent, included in or slightly exserted from calyx; Seed 1,often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth Misc: Creosote-bush flats, washes, roadside; < 800 m.; Mar-Jun References: Shreve and Wiggins 1964.J.C. Hickman, ed. The Jepson Manual.