USA, California, San Diego County, Indian Head Ranch in Galleta Meadows Estate: approx. 3 miles north of Borrego Springs; just northwest of a Grapefruit orchard.
33.3261 -116.3936
245 meters (804ft)
Sonoran Desert Scrub
Fouquieria splendens, Larrea tridentata, Ambrosia dumosa, Psorothamnus schottii, Cylindropuntia ganderi, C. bigelovii, and Hymenoclea salsola.
Root parasite on Ambrosia dumosa and Hymenoclea salsola, flowers purple; common.