Leaves: blade dull green, densely beset with pustulate-based hairs. Perianths pale pink to pink; bud minutely pubescent at apex. Fruits 4.2-6.8 mm; equatorial flange 0.2-0.6 mm wide.

Flowering late spring-early fall. Calcareous clay and clayey shales; 800-1000 m; Tex.; Mexico (ne Chihuahua).