Allophyllum integrifolium

White allophyllum

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

White allophyllum is a California native annual found in the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Transverse Ranges in open, rocky or sandy, generally moist areas at elevations of 1,300 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to pale blue flowers with small 1 to 2 millimeter lobes in loose clusters of 2 to 4 blossoms. Growing with slender stems 10 to 25 centimeters tall that are generally unbranched and adorned with conspicuous long-stalked glands, it appears delicate and understated. Its leaves vary distinctively, with lower leaves entire or coarsely toothed and upper leaves typically having three lobes, with the largest lobes 5 to 15 millimeters wide. The plant produces brown seeds, with one to two seeds per chamber, completing its annual life cycle in California's montane habitats.

Habitat: Common. Open, rocky or sandy, generally moist areas

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1300-2700 m

Bioregions: CaR, SNH, TR

California counties: El Dorado, Fresno, Plumas, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Amador, Placer, Mariposa, Madera, Tulare, Butte, Shasta, Nevada, Sierra, Mono, Modoc, Lassen, Tehama, Santa Barbara, Alpine, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Sacramento

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