Known from fewer than twenty occurrences. Threatened by grazing and insect predation, and potentially by road construction and development. Some inland plants weakly separated from var. occidentale. Compact, low-growing plants from MNT Co. (344C) are probably not var. compactum.
California Counties and Islands:name (code) Monterey (MNT) ?, San Francisco (SFO) *, San Luis Obispo (SLO)
Quads:name (DWR code) USGS code Cayucos (247B) 35120D8, San Simeon (271B) 35121F2, Pico Creek (271C) 35121E2, Cambria (271D) 35121E1, Piedras Blancas (272A) 35121F3, Point Sur (344C)? 36121C8, San Francisco South (448B)* 37122F4
Definitions of codes preceding a county and/or quad:
Uncertain about distribution or identity
Uncertain about distribution, but presumed extirpated if once present
Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable.