An unusual, apetalous caryophyllacid found around rock outcrops in the western Great Plains
and semiarid mountain ranges of adjacent New Mexico & Colorado, west to southeastern Arizona.
Plant habit in the plains southeast of Corona, Lincoln County, New Mexico, 5 Jul 2006.
Flowers in the Corona Plains, 5 Jul 2006.
An inflorescence on the Devil's Hall Trail, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Culberson County,
Texas, 14 Aug 2007.