Stems to 8(–15) cm or almost absent, densely tomentose or ± villous, hairs brownish to grayish. Leaf blades ± trian­gular, base weakly lobed, lobes seldom well developed, margins undu­late, apex rounded to subacute. Bracts broadly ovate, 8–15 × (6–)9–14 mm. Flowers: sepals glabrous or medially strigose; corolla (30–)34–48(–55) mm.

Flowering Apr–Jun. Chaparral, grassy, rocky sites, woodlands; 100–1000 m; Calif.