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Uncommon. Growing on dry slope in opening of chamise chaparral.

Jepson 2012 Key, group 2:
2' lvs basal
14' lf blades tomentose
24' outer perianth lobes...obtuse basally (confusing key break but they're +-fan shaped)
31' fls not papillate
32' perianth lobes not alike
35 fls glandular
36 fls white to red, tuft of long white hairs adaxialy = E. thurberi

No idea what it could be. It was coming up in a disturbed area thats being used as an illegal dumping spot. Soil was very fine and compact, almost like decomposed granite. There were a few others in the area, some having been ran over. Any attempts to locate a tuber/rhizome were fruitless. I thought maybe Aphyllon, but someone else mentioned that because its disturbed and a dumping ground it could be something non-native like a potato

Kind of a mess, with lots of litter from other nearby plants including Ambrosia acanthicarpa, Atriplex canescens, Scutellaria mexicana, and (probably) Ericameria nauseosa, but wanted to show it in its dry state. Note the leaves. Same location as this from a few years ago: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182972264