There it codominates with creosotebush and viscid acacia. Being full of viscid glue like mucilage, the pulp is somewhat translucent. The viscid and spreading shrub typically growing to a height of . Scale insects secrete a large quantity of sticky viscid fluid known as "honeydew". The flowers are wide, long, and drooping, on short, viscid stalks. The surface of the cap is also smooth and viscid. It is commonly known as the "spotted cort" or the "viscid violet cort". It exudes a viscid milky juice and contains a few woody seeds. The cap is sticky and viscid when wet, but is often dry. The cap is viscid and has a separable pellicle. The cap is never viscid and often develops a cracked appearance as it dries out. It is viscid when moist from a separable gelatinous pellicle. It has a paler viscid cap, and a paler stipe with an acute white reticulation. It is viscid when moist and the flesh is grey to white. The surface is viscid when moist from the separable gelatinous pellicle.