Acantholippia seriphioides (A.Gray) Moldenke

An aromatic herb. It grows 30-60 cm tall. The branches are rigid and spiny. They are hairy when young. The leaves are opposite and without stalks. They have 3 lobes and the edges curl back. They are 2-4.5 mm long by 1-2 mm wide. The leaves are yellow to purple in winter. The flower heads are round and 1-2.5 cm across. The flowers are white and 6 mm across. They are tube shaped. The fruit are in 4 sections and 2 mm across.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in arid stony soil.