United States, California, Butte, Northern High Sierra Nevada. Along major dirt road 2.6 km south of Stirling City towards West Branch Feather River crossing. T23N R04E S04 SE1/4 of NE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Stirling City 1:24,000
39.881389 -121.523611 NAD 1983
T23N R04E S04 SE1/4 of NE1/4; 39§ 52m 53s N; 121§ 31m 25s W
1006 meters (3300ft)
Open disturbed ground in mixed conifer forest (Ponderosa pine, incense cedar, Douglas-fir, black oak, tanoak); around dead manzanita; with Viola lobata, Angelica, bracken, Rosa bridgesii, etc. Stems sprawling across open ground; foliage ±blue-glaucous; plants not yet in flower or bud. Flowers bright rich yellow, purplish on back sides, with purple stripes inside.