United States, California, San Diego, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base; Santa Margarita Mountains, Echo Training Area, just east of Artillery Firing Range 40, northeast of Roblar Road
33.42539 -117.37819
791 meters (2594ft)
Chaparral with Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Quercus X acutidens, Lotus scoparius, Helianthemum scoparium, Ceanothus, Mimulus aurantiacus. Area burned in the last few years. Rocky sandy loams.
Flowering
Shrub to 1.5 m tall, flowers blue, stems green-yellow, leaves small and slightly bicolored, very thorny and compact branches. Note: not white-stemmed and more thorny than typical C. leucodermis.