A bit under 9200’, loose, coarse, granitic sands and gravels.
Mostly caespitose. Generally multiple individuals per square meter. This population is pretty well-contained; not too many one-offs or stragglers up and downslope where soils get a bit finer.
One of the best camouflaged plants around. Often blends in nearly perfectly with the DG.
Subgenus Eucycla.