Small, branching, clump-forming forb; fleshy stems; small leaves sometimes woolly with 3 small teeth at the end; clusters of tiny flower heads at the ends of the stems.
Annual; stems thick, tender, spreading, green to purple, often becoming hairless; leaves 3-lobed, wedge shaped, woolly; flower heads clustered at the tip of stem and branches; ray flowers without stalks.
Habitat
Sandy openings in chaparral or coastal scrublands.
Flower Characteristics
Flower heads stalkless in leafy clusters at branch tips; bell-shaped bracts 1/8 to 1/4 inch; 5 to 7 ray flowers, 1/16 inch in diameter surround 13 to 25 disc flowers.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Woolly stem becoming nearly hairless below, widely spreading from base; woolly leaves, wedge-shaped about 3/4 inch long, with 3 lobes.
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
1/16 inch long; sparsely hairy or hairless, <1/16 inch long scales top the achene.