Drymocallis glandulosa var. wrangelliana

Sticky cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sticky cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in northern coastal, central western, and southern coastal bioregions in coastal scrub openings and moist, partially shaded places at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces cream or pale yellow flowers approximately 4.5 to 6.5 millimeters wide in spreading inflorescences. Growing with erect stems 20 to 70 centimeters tall, it develops a leafy, branching structure with stems spreading at angles of 30 to 55 degrees. Its basal leaves feature 3 pairs of lateral leaflets with a terminal leaflet that is widely obovate, measuring 30 to 60 millimeters long and having double-serrated edges with 9 to 17 teeth on each side. The flower's hypanthium is accompanied by small bractlets 4 to 7 millimeters long, with sepals spreading and widely obtuse.

Habitat: Openings in coastal scrub, moist or +- shaded places

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRO, CW, SCo

California counties: Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Humboldt, Orange, Santa Clara, Ventura, Riverside, Alameda, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, San Mateo, Monterey, San Bernardino, Mendocino, Contra Costa, Lake, San Benito, Solano, Napa

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