United States, California, El Dorado, Northern Sierra Nevada Foothills. Pine Hills Preserve, Cameron Park Unit; along 4 x 4 dirt frontage road on north side of Hwy 50 1.3 km west of Ponderosa Way and Shingle Springs. T09N R09E S02 NW1/4 of SE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Shingle Springs 1:24,000
38.66 -120.953611 NAD 1983
T09N R09E S02 NW1/4 of SE1/4; 38§ 39m 36s N; 120§ 57m 13s W
448 meters (1469ft)
Chaparral on rocky gabbro soils (white-leaf manzanita, western redbud, chamise, Ceonothus lemmmonii, Salvia sonomensis). Common weedy species in more open areas along the dirt road under the powerlines.