Stems sericeous. Leaves: petiole 15–150 mm; blade suborbiculate to reniform, 8–40 × 10–55 mm, surfaces: abaxial moderately sericeous, adaxial sparsely seri­ceous to glabrate. Pedicels 5–13(–26) mm, recurved near tips. Flowers: sepals 2.5–4 mm at anthesis, 3.8–5.2 mm in fruit; corolla cream, 3.5–5 mm. Fruits slightly notched to weakly 2-lobed, 6–7 × 3–5 mm.

Flowering Jun–Nov. Oak woodland, lower ponderosa pine zones; 700–1900 m; Ariz., N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico.