United States, California, Plumas, Northern High Sierra Nevada. On low peak along ridge between Frenchman Hill and the northwest end of Red Mountain. T23N R07E S18 NW1/4 of NE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Haskins Valley 1:24,000
39.853611 -121.234444 NAD 1927
T23N R07E S18 NW1/4 of NE1/4; 39§ 51m 13s N; 121§ 14m 4s W
1798 meters (5897ft)
On low peak along ridge. Serpentine. Very open rocky ground with scattered stunted Jeffrey pine, incense cedar, sugar pine, western white pine; huckleberry oak common. Open areas with <50% cover by Eriogonum umbellatum, Phlox diffusa, Arenaria kingii, etc. Uncommon; bracts lemony-yellow, becoming rusty red.