Plant: perennial or sometimes annual subshrub; Erect, ca. 1 m tall, minutely puberulent appearing farinaceous Leaves: more or less rhomboid, dentate distally (entire basally), 2.5-9 cm long, discolorous Flowers: solitary in the leaf axils on slender pedicels; calyx 5-6 mm long; petals yellow, 7-9 mm long; styles 10-14 Fruit: FRUITS oblate-conical, glabrous, 4-5 mm diameter; mericarps 10-14, laterally reticulate, apically spined or muticous Misc: 1050 m (3500 ft); flowering throughout the year REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.