Intro: Erect, shrubby annual/short-lived perennial of beach dunes and coastal grasslands; usually growing with Uniola paniculata and/or Sporobolus pumilus.

Stems: Stems solitary or in large round clumps, semi-woody, with forking branches and covered with minute, star-shaped hairs with clear to reddish centers (seen under magnification).

Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 2 1/2 in. long, grayish-green above with subtly rust-colored edges and star-shaped, rust-colored hairs beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in fuzzy clusters at stem ends, male and female separate; rust-colored and inconspicuous.

Fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, also with minute, star-shaped hairs.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect, shrubby annual/short-lived perennial of beach dunes and coastal grasslands; usually growing with Uniola paniculata and/or Sporobolus pumilus.

stems: Stems solitary or in large round clumps, semi-woody, with forking branches and covered with minute, star-shaped hairs with clear to reddish centers (seen under magnification).

leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 2 1/2 in. long, grayish-green above with subtly rust-colored edges and star-shaped, rust-colored hairs beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in fuzzy clusters at stem ends, male and female separate; rust-colored and inconspicuous.

fruits: Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, also with minute, star-shaped hairs.

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