Leaves: 4 per node, 7-19 mm long, lanceolate or ovate, tapering to acute apex

Flowers: FLOWERS in narrow inflorescences, the branches short; corollas strictly rotate, externally hispid with usually long hairs

Fruit: with long straight hairs

Misc: 1000-2300 m (3300-7500 ft); May-Aug

REFERENCES: Dempster, Lauramay T. 1995. Rubiaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Sci. 29(l): 29.

Duration: Perennial

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Subshrub

General: Perennial herb, erect, 10--30 cm, coarse-hairy, base woody; dioecious.

Leaves: in whorls of 4, in 2 unequal pairs; leaves of larger pair 6--19 mm, generally ovate to lanceolate, +- 3-veined, tip tapered to acute, generally sharp to touch.

Flowers: Inflorescence: narrow panicle, open, clusters axillary, many-flowered. Flower: corolla rotate, +- white to pink, hairy externally.

Fruits: nutlets, 3--6 mm including long, straight hairs.

Ecology: N- or e-facing slopes, shady canyon bottoms; Elevation: 1100--2250 m; flowers May-July.

Distribution: n AZ, w NV, s CA

Synonyms: None

Editor: Hazelton pasted from Jepson