It is endemic to Monterey, California, where it is known only from about fifty occurrences all located within the bounds of Fort Hunter Liggett, a US Army training facility.

[1] The local habitat is made up of chaparral and oak woodland with occasional vernal pools and summer-dry creek beds.

This is a small, aromatic annual herb producing slender, erect stems 15 to 25 centimeters tall.

Stems are topped with small but showy inflorescences containing hairy sepals and lipped, funnel-shaped flowers in shades of pinkish-purple with purple-spotted white throats.

[1] The plant has a very limited range and faces threats there that include erosion, vehicles and military activity, and dust from dirt roads.