Chamaebatia australis

Southern mountain misery, Southern Mountain Misery

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Southern mountain misery is a California native shrub found in the southern Peninsular Ranges in dry chaparral slopes at elevations of 300 to 1,230 meters. Flowering from November to May, this plant produces white flowers with petals 4 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with stems that have a distinctive gray-black bark, it forms possibly colonial stands 1 to 2 meters tall. Its finely divided leaves are 3 to 6 centimeters long, creating a dense, feathery appearance. The flower hypanthium is approximately 3 millimeters long, with sepals of similar length.

Habitat: dry slopes, chaparral

Bloom period: Nov-May

Elevation: 300-1230 m

Bioregions: s PR

California counties: San Diego, Los Angeles

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