Acleisanthes diffusa (A.Gray) R.A.Levin
A sprawling perennial that, much like Acleisanthes lanceolata, is night-flowering and produces cleistogamous flowers as well. Unlike Acleisanthes lanceolata, it is not a gypsophile and has pubescent leaves with sinuate margins.
Flowers on Otero Mesa north of Flat Top Mountain, Otero County, New Mexico, 20 Aug 2013.
Flowers on Otero Mesa, 20 Aug 2013.
Closer view of flowers on Otero Mesa, 20 Aug 2013.
Plant habit on Otero Mesa, 20 Aug 2013.
Plant habit on the east side of the Caballo Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico, 18 Aug 2013.
Cauline leaves on the east side of the Caballo Mountains, 18 Aug 2013.