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Botanical Description

Stems 8-20cm tall. Leaves retrorsely puberulent, entire to toothed, 2-5cm long, oblanceolate to lanceolate. Flowers 1.8-2.8mm long, dull purple, violet or pink. Clay soils derived from volcanic rock in sagebrush, juniper and pinyon-juniper communities at 1300-2250m in Cahfornia, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. Formerly classified with P. miser, but generally with larger flowers on a shorter plant. Resembles P. grahamii but is smaller in stature.