Duration: Perennial

Nativity: Native

Lifeform: Forb/Herb

General: Perennial, to 70 cm, with stout and densely hairy stems which are simple or branching from the base.

Leaves: The leaves are opposite and densely hairy, rounded at the base, spade shaped, and taper to a tip.

Flowers: The umbels are terminal or near the end of the stem, usually with several to many flowers, the flowers are yellowish-white and suffused with purple. Corolla yellow to pale green and the corona yellow or white.

Fruits: The densely hairy and upright pods are 2-3 inches long, just over an inch wide and tapered at both ends.

Ecology: Found in dry plains and hillsides as well as desert canyons, from 150-4,500 ft (46-1372 m); flowers April through July.

Distribution: Found throughout central California, as far south as the Mojave Desert.

Notes: This is an endemic California species.

Synonyms: none

Editor: AHazelton 2015