It is endemic to California, where it is known from less than fifteen sites in the Inner North Coast Ranges of Mendocino and Trinity Counties, mainly in Mendocino National Forest.

This is a perennial herb growing from a slender taproot and caudex unit.

It produces a basal rosette of several fleshy, narrow leaves up to about 9 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is made up of several prostrate stems extending from the rosette, each bearing 3 or more flowers.

The flower has 7 to 10 pink to red petals with blunt or jagged tips 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.