It is endemic to Plumas County, California, where it is known from two occurrences in Lassen National Forest near Chester.

[1] It grows in scrubby, forested mountain habitat, only on glaciated andesite substrates.

[2][3] This is a small, compact shrub growing in a mat up to 25 centimeters wide and 15 tall.

The spreading stems bear woolly foliage, each leaf with an oval blade up to 2 centimeters long by 1 wide.

The flowers are white, aging pink, hairy and glandular, and about half a centimeter long.