United States, Minnesota, Koochiching, Extensive peatland between the Big Fork and Little Fork Rivers, 7 miles northwest of the town of Littlefork, 15 miles southwest of International Falls.
Local in a fairly large (~10-acre) bedrock outcrop complex rising 15-30 above thousands of acres of peat bog. Infrequent in shallow detrital-organic soil over level to gently sloping, metasedimentary bedrock (biotite schist). Full sun.