[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: It is native to much of the western United States, where it grows in sandy substrates in habitat such as Joshua tree woodland, grassland, creosote bush scrub, and ephedra-blackbrush communities.[3][4] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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