United States, California, Inyo, Inyo National Forest. Inyo Mountains: Badger Flat near end of Mazourka Canyon Road, northwest part of range.
36.9680556 -118.0991667 NAD27
2646 meters
8680ft.
Open gentle hillsides, soil with tightly packed pebbles. Slope 8°, facing N12°W. Great Basin scrub and open pinyon woodland. Frequent between shrubs, growing in pebbly ground.
Pinus monophylla, Cryptantha, Platyopuntia, Calochortus bruneaunis, Juniperus, tiny annual Eriophyllum (yellow fls); Eriastrum wilcoxii, Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida, Chorizanthe xanti var. x., Lewisia rediviva var. minor, Lupinus brevicaulis, Gilia, Penstemon patens, Allium atrorubens var. a., Astragalus inyoensis, Lomatium nevadense, Elymus multisetus, Stipa hymenoides, Hilaria jamesii, Crepis occidentalis ssp. pumila, Phlox stansburyi var. superba, Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. puberulus, Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata, Lupinus excubitus var. e., Ephedra viridis, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum, Eriogonum umbellatum var. subaridum, Castilleja applegatei ssp. pallida, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua