Drymocallis pseudorupestris

False rock loving cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

False rock loving cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in rocky habitats at elevations likely between 1,000 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from late spring to summer, this plant produces cream to pale yellow flowers approximately 8 to 10 millimeters wide with petals spreading wider than its sepals. Growing with tufted stems 5 to 25 centimeters tall, the plant features abundant glandular hairs at its base and a compact, matted growth form. Its basal leaves have terminal leaflets 5 to 20 millimeters long, widely obovate to fan-shaped with rounded edges and 4 to 10 teeth on each side. The plant's small light brown fruits are approximately 1 millimeter in length, nestled among delicate lance-linear bractlets.

California counties: Glenn, Fresno, Humboldt, Shasta, Tehama, Siskiyou, Mono, Modoc

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