Plant is prominently hairy, often glandular (sticky and hairy); reddish stems; pinnate leaves; tiny white flowers. Inhabit sandy environments, often causing grains of sand to stick to them.
Many trailing to ascending branches, hairy and slightly glandular throughout, to 12 inches tall; leaves pinnately divided, slender stalked, lobes rounded at tips; flowers bell-shaped, short-stalked on lax, simple or few-branched, elongated clusters.
Habitat
Found in open sandy soils.
Flower Characteristics
Sepal whorl lobes unequal; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, 1/16 inch wide; fringed with hairs; tips spreading; corolla white to purplish; funnel-shaped; 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; 1/16 inch long oval lobes; yellowish tube; hairless stamens 1/16 inch long.
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Lower leaves oblong; 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long; 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide; pinnately divided into rounded, triangular to oblong segments; slender stalks usually longer than blades; leaf edges fringed with hairs.
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Oval; blunt or rounded at the end; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; minute hairs with a short stiff, hairy tip.