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Small herbaceous blue flower found in open steppe on the border of a cattle trail and ñirre shrubland on flat ground in open sun. Soil is dusty and dry, adjacent to large lichen colonies and plantain. Grows in single erect stems with alternative leaves and flowers. Flowers are 2mm in diameter have five petals and are white/yellow in the middle with united sepals. Entire plant is hairy. Conditions are windy, Beaufort 5, and weather is partly cloudy.

Growing along the middle of the Black-and-White Warbler Trail, full sun, sandy-clay soil. Tiny white flowers and fruits ca 5mm long with some hooks hairs. Associated plants:
Houstonia pusilla, Houstonia rosea, Euphorbia texana, Callitriche pedunculosa, Krigia occidentalis, Astranthium ciliatum.