United States, California, San Bernardino, Mojave Desert. At western edge of the Dry Lake in Superior Valley, 0.2 km east of Slocum Well. T31S R45E S14 NE1/4 of SW1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Opal Mountain 1:24,000
35.232778 -117.129444 NAD 1983
T31S R45E S14 NE1/4 of SW1/4; 35§ 13m 58s N; 117§ 7m 46s W
916 meters (3004ft)
Saltbrush scrub plus Artemisia spinescens, Grayia, etc. In sandy soil with Camissonia campestris, Malacothrix glabrata, and other very small annuals. Plant a woody shrub 1.5 m tall, in early fruit; fresh fls have pale lavender tinge.