Chamaebatia foliolosa

Mountain misery, Mountain Misery

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Mountain misery is a California native shrub found in the Cascade Ranges and Sierra Nevada in conifer forest at elevations of 600 to 2,350 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers with petals 6 to 9 millimeters long. Growing with low, extensively colonial stems featuring distinctive dark red-brown bark, it forms dense ground-covering patches. Its compound leaves are 2 to 10 centimeters long, with numerous small leaflets that create a finely textured green carpet. The plant's hypanthium measures approximately 5 to 6 millimeters, with sepals around 5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Conifer forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 600-2350 m

Bioregions: CaR, SN.

California counties: Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa, Placer, Calaveras, Sierra, El Dorado, Amador, Nevada, Tuolumne, Shasta, Madera, Kern, Butte, Lassen, Yuba, Alpine, Los Angeles, Plumas, San Diego, Inyo, Humboldt, Kings, Sacramento

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