Caudices 2-5-branched, 1-1.5 cm diam. Leaves: rosettes 3-50+; blade oblong, terete, 2-6(-11) × 0.6-1.2(-1.8) cm. Inflorescences: floral shoots 2-15 × 0.1-0.3 cm; proximalmost leaf blades 4-15(-40) mm; branches 2-3, simple. Pedicels 1-5 mm. Flowers: calyx 3-5 × 3-4 mm; petals connate 2-4.5 mm, pale yellow, red-lineolate, 8-12.5 × 2-2.5(-3) mm, tips often strongly outcurved. 2n = 34.

Flowering late spring. Rock crevices in mountains, especially on granite; of conservation concern; 300-1900 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calfornia).

Subspecies abramsii occurs in the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation´s National Collection of Endangered Plants.