[7][8] Hazardia orcuttii grows in coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitat on sandstone substrates.

"[1] Another rare plant, Acanthomintha ilicifolia, the San Diego thornmint, can be found nearby.

In Baja California it can be found along a coastal strip extending south of the border from Tijuana to Colonet.

[5] Hazardia orcuttii is a rare species faces a number of threats to its survival.

Also, the California population is quite vulnerable to wildfire, being located in a fire-adapted ecosystem which has not burned recently.