United States, California, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Island. Lower portion of Canada de los Sauces, ca. 100 yards downstream from Eucalyptus globulus grove.
30 meters
100ft.
Locally very common on N-facing slope in small gully. Loose unconsolidated clay (habitat very much like that of Jepsonia malvifolia on San Nicholas Island).
Most plants with leaves just emerging from soil; only a few in fruit. Associated species: Sanicula arguta, Daucus pusillus, Melilotus indicus, Zauschneria californica, Bromus carinatus, B. rubens, B. diandrus, Baccharis douglasil, B. piularis, Malacothrix saxatilis implicata, Torilis nodosa, Gnaphalium purpureum, Sonchus oleraceus, Rhus integrifolia, Agoseris grandiflora.