[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: The perennial herb is endemic to California, in the Central Valley and the foothills of the Inner California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada.[1]
It grows in seasonally wet grassland and riparian areas, such as vernal pools, and other temporary and alkaline puddles. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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