United States, California, Riverside County, Peninsular Range; San Jacinto Mtns.; Coldwater Creek along trails in vicinity of junction of Sout Ridge and Coldwater Trails, 1.25 m. NE of Mountain Center, c. 3/4 mile NE of Keenwild Fire Station.
33.712778 -116.706667
1450-1475 meters
4756 - 4838 ft.
Canyon bottom and lower slopes; decomposed granite with boulder outcrops; yellow pine forest on canyon bottom; dry slopes with chaparral.
with Pnus jeffreyi, Quercus kelloggii, Q. chrysolepis, Q. X morehus, etc.
Common annual in moist sandy soil along dried ephemeral stream crossing on South Ridge Trail., at 42' 55'' N, 42' 25''W. Most fls. Cleistogamous; casmogamous ones terminal, blue.