This anemone-like cnidarian lives in groups, with individuals connected to one another at the base by a sheet of tissue to make a clonal colony. The column of individuals may have embedded sand or other material. Subtidal. Color tan, light yellow, or brown, with light yellow or white tentacles (paler than the column). Height to about 5 cm, diameter to about 2 cm. Colony may be 1-2 m wide
Rocks in strong current.
Reproduce asexually by budding, thus adding to the colony. Can also reproduce sexually.
