Cymopterus terebinthinus var. californicus

Pteryxia

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Pteryxia is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California High Sierra, Sierra Nevada, and northern eastern Sierra Nevada in sandy or rocky serpentine habitats at elevations of 150 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces delicate flowers in distinctive umbels with gray-green to bright green herbage. Growing with minimal stems, the plant develops compact leaf segments that are nearly as wide as they are long. Its leaves feature crowded, intricate segments that create a distinctive dense foliage pattern. The plant's low-growing, tightly clustered form allows it to thrive in challenging serpentine environments.

Habitat: Sand, rocks, serpentine at lowest elevations

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 150-3500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, CaRH, SNH, n SNE

California counties: Fresno, Alpine, Siskiyou, Mono, Lassen, Tulare, Butte, Kern, Placer, Modoc, Amador, El Dorado, Shasta, Plumas, Tehama, Sierra, Sonoma, Tuolumne, Madera, Humboldt, Trinity, Inyo, Nevada, Mariposa

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