rhizomatous perennial in roadside drainage swale at base of low exposure of calcareous, gypsophilic, clays outcropping in degraded grassland on generally flat plain of limestone gravels and calcareous soil
plants on flat plain of a large bolson in silty, slightly saline, calcareous clay soil, along the margin between a long abandoned agricultural area made rich with diverse annual forbs by recent heavy rains and patches of undisturbed native desert scrub. Site is located just inside (ca. 50 m)the state line.