United States, California, Santa Barbara, Vandenbrg AFB, 1.25 km norhteaset of summit of Tranquillon Mountain and 1.25 km south of CaƱada Honda Creek
34.58981 -120.54931
310 meters (1017ft)
Flat rocky outcrop in grassland, with annual grassas, and Calochortus albus nearby, rocky soil.
Flowering
Erect/matted perennial, base woody, hairs mostly branched. Leaf ovate, thick, margin entire, not wavy, upper surface green, hairy, lower surface densely white-tomentose. Middle/outer bacts like leaves, corolla white to lavender. Hybridizes with M. hypoleuca.