Adenostoma fasciculatum var. obtusifolium

San diego chamise

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

San diego chamise is a California native shrub found in southern coastal and southwestern Peninsular Range bioregions in dry chaparral slopes and ridges at elevations below 800 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces small white to cream-colored flowers in compact clusters. Growing with erect to ascending branches 1.5 to 2 meters tall, it features short twigs covered in soft, wavy hairs. Its leaves are distinctive, measuring 2 to 6.5 millimeters long, oblanceolate to club-shaped with generally blunt, slightly pointed tips. The shrub forms dense, intricate branching patterns characteristic of chaparral vegetation.

Habitat: dry slopes, ridges, chaparral

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 800 m

Bioregions: s SCo, sw PR

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.