United States, California, San Bernardino, Mojave Desert. Along Steam Well Road/Granite Wells Road 17.9 km east of Trona Road; northeast corner of Almond Cove, 3.7 km southeast of top of Almond Mountain. T30S R42E S01 SE1/4 of SW1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Cuddeback Lake 1:24,000
35.347222 -117.431111 NAD 1983
T30S R42E S01 SE1/4 of SW1/4; 35§ 20m 50s N; 117§ 25m 52s W
816 meters (2676ft)
South-sloping bajada of creosote and saltbush scrub; pale sandy soil. Most areas seen along here almost without annuals--this small area very floriferous. Occasional , in finer sandy flats between shrubs, with Lasthenia gracilis, Chaenactis fremontii, Amsinckia tessellata, Eschscholzia minufiflora, and a tiny Mentzelia sp. Corollas deciduous; tube pale with purplish lines.