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- herbaceous perennial or weak shrub with erect or ascending stems
- often hidden among stouter stems of larger shrubs
- leaves unique, with 3 lobes each of which usually has secondary lobes
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- flowers seldom seen, with 5 white lobes
- fruit a 3-lobed capsule
- known from Duval, Hidalgo and Starr counties; ranges south into Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon
- grows mostly in shrublands on caliche or calcareous sandstone
- habitat in Mexico may be different—studies currently underway
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 Photo credit: Lisa Williams
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Other South Texas Plants with Goofy Leaves...
- left: jicamilla (Jatropha cathartica)
- right: yellow-show (Amoreuxia wrightii)
- both species are interesting, but neither is particularly rare
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