PLANT: 3-9 cm tall; stems and floral bracts sparsely villous.

NOTES: Ephemerally moist sites, edges of drying ponds or reservoirs, sagebrush shrubland, pine forest: Coconino, Navajo cos.; 1830- 2560 m (6000-8400 ft); Jun-Sep (Oct); s Can. to CO and Baja C. Reports of Navarretia minima Nuttall from AZ are incorrect.