United States, California, San Bernardino, T12N R16E NE3 S2, Lanfair Valley, ca. 10km north of Hackberry Mountain, ca. 5km NW of the original Lanfair site, 3km west of Ivanpah Road, 1.7km north of Old Government Road to Old Fort Mohave, vicinity of wash at west base of Grotto Hills
35.15 -115.22
1335 meters
1335m (4380ft) elevation
sandy flats and west-facing rock basalt hillside with Acacia greggii, Ambrosia eriocentra, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Echinocereus engelmannii, E. mojavensis, Ephedra torreyana, Ericameria cooperi, E. linearifolia, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Erioneuron pulchellum, Escobaria vivipara, Grusonia parishii, Gutierrezia microcephala, Hymenoclea salsola, Krameria erecta, Lycium andersonii, L. cooperi, Mirabilis bigelovii, Muhlenbergia porteri, Opuntia basilaris, O. erinacea, Pleuraphis rigida, Prunus fasciculata, Rumex hymenosepalus, Salazaria mexicana, Salvia dorrii, Yucca brevifolia, and Y. schidigera.
Frequent perennial herb with purple-tinged herbage; flowering bracts orange-red, flowers green with red lip.