Duration: Annual

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Forb/Herb

General: Small, herbaceous annuals, 5-15 cm tall, branching from the base, glandular pubescent with slender, spreading hairs, aromatic, stems quadrangular.

Leaves: Opposite, petioled, pinnatifid with wedge-shaped divisions, margins toothed.

Flowers: Small, purplish, the corolla slightly bilabiate with a violet limb, axillary, the calyx 5-parted with narrow divisions, stigmas 2-lobed.

Fruits: Capsules, lance-ovoid, longitudinally dehiscent, appearing 4-valved, seeds numerous.

Ecology: Found in loose soils, rocky areas, on wooded slopes or in grassy areas; 4,000-6,000 ft (1219-1829 m); flowering July-September.

Distribution: AZ, sw NM; south to n MEX.

Notes: A distinct little annual with opposite, lobed leaves and small purple two-lipped flowers. Look for this species also under Conobea intermedia.

Ethnobotany: Unknown

Etymology: Schistophragma comes from Greek schistos and phragma, meaning a partition, wall, or compartment, while intermedia means middle, or intermediate.

Synonyms: None

Editor: SBuckley 2010, LCrumbacher 2011, FSCoburn 2015