Low, often intricately branched shrubs, 0.5-1m tall, with crowns usually not touching and with bare ground between plants. Most growth and flowering occurs in late spring. Dormant in winter (form cold) and probably in summer and fall (from drought).
SITE FACTORS:
On dry, well-drained slopes and flats with shallow often calcareous soils of very low water holding capacity, often intergrading with Big Sagebrush Scrub (35210), Joshua Tree Woodland (73000), or Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands (72000), but typically at somewhat lower elevations, warmer, and drier.
DISTRIBUTION:
From the Owens Valley region (Inyo and southern Mono counties) to the Mojave Desert (Kern and San Bernardino counties). Typically between 4,000 and 7,000 feet.
UPDATE: 11/97
Source: Holland, 1986
Digital Text: NatureBase