Chorizanthe staticoides

Turkish rugging

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Turkish rugging is a California native perennial found in central Coast Ranges, southwestern California, and southern California's outer Coast Ranges in sandy, gravelly, or rocky habitats at elevations of 300 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces pink to purple (occasionally white) flowers in open, flat-topped clusters with delicate, needle-like bracts. Growing with low-tufted to erect stems 20 to 60 centimeters tall that are openly branched and hairy, it spreads with ascending branches from the plant base. Its leaves are predominantly basal, with blades 5 to 30 millimeters long, oblong to oblong-ovate, and densely covered with soft hairs on the underside. The fruit is a small, three-angled structure measuring 3 to 4 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Common. Sand, gravel or rocks

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 300-1700 m

Bioregions: c&amps CCo, SCoRO, SW (exc e PR).

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Bernardino, Monterey, Kern, Mono, Fresno, Tulare

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