United States, California, Plumas, Northern High Sierra Nevada. W side of lower Thompson Valley ca 1 mi N of the mouth of McReynolds Creek at Red Clover Creek. W side of Thompson Creek, ca 400 ft below edge of open Ponderosa-Jeffrey pine forest. T25N R13E S36 NE/14 of SW1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Crocker Mtn. 1:24,000
39.976944 -120.478889 NAD 1983
T25N R13E S36 NE/14 of SW1/4; 39§ 58m 37s N; 120§ 28m 44s W
1673 meters
5488ft.
In dry southwestern corner of vernally moist meadow at base of low granitic bouldery knolls, in area of Artemisia tridentata, A. arbuscula, Chrysothamnus sp. and occasional Purshia tridentata. Between shrubs in bare brown gravelly clay dark from recent rains, with scattered Chaenactis douglasii. corolla a pale dull brownish red. Uncommon except in S end of this meadow; also on adjacent hill slope and on flats in this valley's SE corner, both dominated by low sage (A. arbuscula).
Label says: California Department of Water Resources, Upper Feather River Water Balance Study, DWR Voucher specimen.