The leaves are smooth, opposite, and quite narrow. Each flower has eight yellow ray flowers and deep maroon disk flowers at the center. The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows to a height of 1-2 feet, and has strongly lobed leaves. Look for this plant in McKittrick Canyon among the woodland bottoms. A fairly common medium sized plant that has numerous yellow daisy flowers.
Flowers appear as beautiful purple stars with yellow central parts.
In fall, the conspicuous fruits are small hard yellow balls. This relative of the tomato is toxic to both humans and livestock. This common plant is an attractive annual herb with deep purple flower clusters that often cover the whole plant. Leaves are tri-lobed with smaller terminal lobes. Though it blooms from early spring into late fall, it flourishes with summer rains.