FLOWERS: with anthers longer than 2.8 mm; style longer than 15 mm. FRUIT: body longer than 9 cm, fruit crests longer than 5 cm and higher than 5 mm; rostrum longer than 18 cm. SEEDS: white. NOTES: See also parent taxon. Cultivated as a field crop for basketry fiber: Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal cos., below 1200 m (4000 ft); May-Sep; CA, NV, UT. REFERENCES: Raul Gutierrez Jr., 2007, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Martyniaceae. CANOTIA 3 (2): 26-31.