Annual with slender white stems, generally sprawling, the stems shining, smooth to hairy, hairs of the vegetation cause the plant to stick to clothing, although the hairs are not stinging. Flowers yellow, 5-petaled.
Slender white sprawling stems, with or without hairs; leaves deeply lobed; flowers yellow, petals 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, bracts small; fruit s-shaped or curved, to 1-1/2 inches long, inflated at tip, seeds square, irregularly angled, not winged or grooved.
Habitat
Found in sandy soils, in washes and on plains.
Flower Characteristics
Flowers at base of leaves, stemless, solitary, or in small clusters, petals <1 inch long, stamens shorter than the petals, bracts triangular to rounded, smooth-margined.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves not stemmed, somewhat rounded to lance-like; margin toothed to dissected. Upper leaves few-toothed to smooth margined.
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
S-shaped or curved, arching to 180 degrees, to 1-1/2 inches long, with an inflated tip.
Seeds square and irregularly angled, seeds not grooved on the angles.