Comandra umbellata subsp. californica

Family: Comandraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Comandra is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, northeastern Sierra Nevada, and northern Mojave Desert in generally dry, rocky areas at elevations of 300 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces small white flowers 2 to 3.5 millimeters long with lanceolate calyx lobes. Growing with multiple slender stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall emerging from a rhizome and appearing bluish-green or glaucous, it branches softly across its length. Its narrow lanceolate leaves measure 15 to 55 millimeters long, appearing slightly paler on the underside and tapering to sharp points. The fruit is an oblong-ovoid structure 5 to 7.5 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Generally dry, +- rocky areas

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 300-3000 m

Bioregions: KR, CaR, SN, SNE, n DMoj

California counties: Fresno, Tulare, Butte, Calaveras, Kern, Trinity, Shasta, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Mariposa, Inyo, Humboldt, Amador, Modoc, Madera, Siskiyou, Tehama, Lassen

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