United States, California, Modoc, Great Basin. Northwest edge of plateau overlooking Cow Head Lake; halfway between Cow Head Lake and Big Mud Lake; along an obscure dirt road 1.0 km north-northwest of Barrel Springs Road. T47N R17E S33 SE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Lake Annie 1:24,000
41.896389 -120.020556 WGS 1984
T47N R17E S33 SE1/4; 41§ 53m 47s N; 120§ 1m 14s W
1670 meters (5478ft)
On a rise just above the low-sagebrush flats; Artemisia tridentata (short inflorescences) and scattered juniper. Gray shrubs 1-18 dm tall, the inflorescences not much above the leafy-ness of the plant.