Growing in the cracks of the granite slopes of three canyons in this single mountain range, it is threatened by human activity such as rock quarrying and off-trail recreation.

[1] A clumping plant with long, pencil-shaped and powdery leaves, with a branching, rounded inflorescence that holds spreading, white to pink flowers.

[4][5] This plant grows in a caespitose or clumping habit, with multiple rosettes of leaves forming on top of branching caudices.

The evergreen foliage is covered in a white, waxy powder, known as an epicuticular wax, with the leaf blades green underneath the substance.

The quarry also blocks the entrance to Fish Canyon, which was formerly accessible as a trail maintained by the Forest Service.