Chorizanthe eastwoodiae

Eastwood's spineflower

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Eastwood's spineflower is a California native perennial found in coastal sand habitats at low elevations from 10 to 500 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate white to rose-colored flowers with rounded petals and tiny teeth at their tips. Growing as a mat-forming plant spreading 0.5 to 10 centimeters in diameter, it has decumbent to prostrate branches with a distinctive pinkish herbage. Its basal leaves are oblong-oblanceolate, measuring 1 to 4 centimeters long and 0.3 to 0.6 centimeters wide, contributing to its low-growing, sprawling appearance. The plant's intricate involucre features six alternating lobes with delicate white to pink scarious margins and small hooked awns.

Habitat: Uncommon. Sand

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 10-500 m

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