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Forming clumps or open mounds, < 3' (1 m) in diameter.
Stems cylindric, green; spines hairless, always present.
Flowers purplish to magenta or lavender; anthers yellow.
Blooming April–May.
Gravelly slopes and flats.
Elevation < 7900' (2400 m).
Southwestern California, Desert Province.
Desert Wild Flowers p. 162 163 # 349
A Flora of Southern California p. 311
The Jepson Manual p. 451 453
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