Tripterocalyx micranthus
English: Smallflower sandverbena; Small-flowered sand-verbena.
Region: North America, California, Arizona, New Mexico.
Habitat; diverse; sandy and scrubby desert regions, sagebrush.
Botany
Erect and branched shrub, generally compact.
Stem: hairy, glandular; near 60 centimeters; red; sticky.
Leaves: fleshy, hairy green blade; 6 centimeters long;long petiole.
Inflorescence: head of several elongated flowers; pedicel long, glandular; flowers attached at the small central receptacle.
Flowers: trumpet-shaped; pink or green-tinged; ± 2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; corolla, with 4 or 5 lobes.
Fruit: wide, thin, net-veined or ribbed wings, extending from a central body.