This rare plant is native to a small area of desert straddling the California - Nevada border, where it grows in habitat with deep sand.

It is difficult to estimate its abundance because the plant is only seen in years with certain rainfall amounts and temperature ranges.

The leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long, linear in shape to oval and divided into lobes, sometimes wavy along the edges.

The flower is purplish and rounded into an urn shape, measuring a few millimeters wide.

[3] This species has not been seed banked but has been recorded in the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB).