It is endemic to California, where it is known from the chaparral and woodlands of the North Coast Ranges, generally on volcanic soils.

[2] This is an annual herb producing a thin, usually woolly stem up to about 30 centimeters tall.

The leaves are divided into several narrow, threadlike linear lobes.

The inflorescence is a woolly cluster of narrow, leaflike bracts laced with webby fibers.

The small flowers have white to light blue corollas.