Drymocallis rhomboidea

Common cinquefoil

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Common cinquefoil is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, and northern California Ranges on dry rocky slopes and roadcuts at elevations of 180 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces cream-white flowers in small clusters with narrow, delicate petals. Growing with tufted stems 20 to 45 centimeters tall and sparse glandular hairs near the base, it forms a compact clump in rocky terrain. Its basal leaves have 4 to 6 leaflets, with the terminal leaflet 10 to 30 millimeters long, obovate-elliptic, and featuring 8 to 12 teeth on each side. The small fruits are light red-brown and measure 1 to 1.3 millimeters long.

Habitat: dry rocky slopes, roadcuts

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 180-2500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, n CaRH

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