Perityle crassifolia Brandeg.

Perityle crassifolia Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 3: 147. 1891
Perennial, somewhat woody at the base; stem striate, 3-5 dm. high, densely arachnoidvillous and glandular-puberulent; leaves mostly alternate; petioles about 1 cm. long; blades reniform or cordate-ovate, crenate, 1-2 cm. long, densely arachnoidvillous ; peduncles 1-4 cm. long; involucre 6-7 mm. high, 10-12 mm. broad; bracts lanceolate, arachnoidvillous ; ray-flowers 15 or more; ligules white, spatulate, 6-7 mm. long; disk-corollas glandular-puberulent, about as long as the achenes; throat about equaling the tube; achenes somewhat curved, pubescent on the faces, ciliate on the margins; pappus of a short lacerate crown of squamellae, and a single retrorsely barbed awn about equaling the achene.
Type locality: San Jose del Cabo, Lower California. Distribution: Southern Lower California.