It is native to the southwestern United States, where it can be found in habitat types such as creosote bush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland.

[1] It is an annual herb growing decumbent to erect, up to 28 centimeters tall.

The leaves are conspicuously rounded and have scalloped edges or dull teeth.

The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers.

Each flower is roughly half a centimeter long and white to purple in color with a pale yellow throat.