[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: Chaenactis glabriuscula grows in a wide variety of habitats, such as the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, and the interior chaparral and woodlands, coastal sage and chaparral, and the montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregions. It is a variable plant, especially across varieties, of which there are many.[3] It is generally found below 7,000 feet (2,100 m) elevation.[4] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)