United States, California, Lassen, Northern High Sierra Nevada. North slope of the Diamond Mountains between Diamond Mountain and Gilman Basin; 1.0 air-km west of Diamond Mountain. T28N R11E S02 NE1/4 of SW1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Diamond Mtn 1:24,000
40.313889 -120.705278 WGS 1984
T28N R11E S02 NE1/4 of SW1/4; 40§ 18m 50s N; 120§ 42m 19s W
2195 meters (7200ft)
Open windswept ridge of low sage, rocky and gravelly; snowbank on northeast side; occasional granite boulder on top of ridge; very windy. Occasional on top of the ridge with Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola.
Densely matted plants; flowers dark lemony-yellow, aging reddish.