United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Fairly rugged bedrock terrain between Newfound and Manomin Lakes, 20 miles east-northeast of Ely; west of Juggler Lake.
Occasional in a large bedrock outcrop complex atop a 100-foot ridge. Shallow detrital-organic soil over level to sloping granitic bedrock. Often growing amongst Cladina lichens. Full sun.