United States of America, New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Plantae Novo-Mexicanae. Santa Fe to Rock Creek. In flower (August). At the foot of mountains, on shady declivities, around shrubs. Also on dry sterile hills about Bent s Fort, but more abundantly in the valleys between these hills. The rhizomas of this plant are likewise used as a substitute for soap. This plant does not seem to flower every year