Draperia systyla

Draperia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Draperia is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, high Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada in woodland, talus, and rock crevices at elevations of 90 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces white to pink or lavender flowers in delicate tubular-funnel-shaped blossoms 10 to 14 millimeters long. Growing 1 to 4 decimeters tall with erect, generally simple stems that are woody at the base and covered in soft hairs, it spreads through rhizomatous vegetative stems. Its opposite cauline leaves range from 1 to 5 centimeters long, with proximal leaves short-petioled and distal leaves sessile, creating a distinctive branching pattern. The fruit is small and spherical, 1.5 to 3 millimeters long, with seeds that are dark or red-brown and intricately textured.

Habitat: Woodland, talus, rock crevices

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: 90-2700 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SN.

California counties: Fresno, Tulare, Sierra, Butte, Trinity, Tuolumne, Placer, Plumas, Nevada, Mariposa, El Dorado, Yuba, Siskiyou, Shasta, Humboldt, Madera, Alpine

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