Hymenoxys texana is an annual herb with delicate reddish or purplish stems growing only 10 or 15 centimeters (4-6 inches) tall.

The leaves have rubbery, glandular blades which may be simple or divided into lobes, particularly at mid-stem.

Each head is under a centimeter wide and has 6 to 8 yellow ray florets each 2 or 3 millimeters long.

[4] Hymenoxys texana grows only in the grasslands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in Texas.

It can be found on open, barren stretches of saline sandy soil at the base of Mima mounds.