Plant: Annual herb; 8-45 cm tall. Leaves: 2-14 cm long, 0.5-4.5 cm wide; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm long; blade lanceolate, the basal ones sometimes elliptic, with 2 (or 4) prominent basal lobes; uppermost sublinear and entire. INFLORESCENCE: cymose. Flowers: sessile; calyx usually persistent; petals orange, 5-7 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, with trichomes at apex only; staminodia 0; outer stamens with very slightly broadened filaments; style 4-5 mm long. Fruit: capsules clavate, long-tapering to base, erect; body 2-3 cm long. SEEDS 8-12, pendulous, not winged, blocky in outline except for the protruding hilum end; testa cells elongate, striate. Misc: Washes, grasslands, canyons, rocky slopes; 1050-1850 m (3500-6000 ft); Aug-Oct.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Prison Camp
Location: Slope at roadside near gate.
9/24/15, 8/25/17

Notes: Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.
Location: Across road from restrooms before first bridge on sandy bank of creek.
9/18/15

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