upright clump of slender, waxy gray-green stems, tiny leaves quickly deciduous, on an gently sloping plain of mixed alluvial gravels of pale limestone and reddish volcanic rhyolite.
on limestone gravels of creosote scrub plains Once nearly extirpated from overharvesting by Mexican candilleros for its high quality wax, the species is making a comeback in the region
dominant subshrub on limestone gravels of creosote scrub plain with Vachellia neovernicosa, Larrea and Yucca thompsoniana. Once nearly extirpated from overharvesting by Mexican candilleros for its high quality wax, the species is making a comeback in the region.
