Plant: robust perennial herb; to 2 m tall; sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrate

Leaves: deeply lobed, 5-10 cm long, sparsely pubescent, coarsely dentate

INFLORESCENCE: an interrup-ted spiciform raceme, coarsely pubescent; bracts of the involucel lanceolate, 8-12 mm long

Flowers: calyx ca. 15 mm long; petals 2-3 cm long, pink drying purplish or lavender; staminal column hirsute basally, ca. 1.5 cm long

Fruit: FRUITS subglobose to oblate schizocarp, ca. 1 cm long; mericarps ca. 12, coarsely hirsute. SEEDS 2.5-3 mm long

Misc: Wet mountain meadows and stream courses; 2000 m (6500 ft); Jun-Aug

REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.