Ehrendorferia ochroleuca

White eardrops, White Eardrops

Family: Papaveraceae · Type: perennial · Native

White eardrops is a California native perennial found in southern coastal and southern western California bioregions in dry slopes, burns, and disturbed areas at elevations below 1,100 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers in compact clusters with 5 to many blooms. Growing with tall stems 50 to 200 centimeters high, the plant has an intricate, finely divided structure. Its leaves are complex, three-times pinnately dissected, measuring 15 to 35 centimeters long with delicate, lacy foliage. The mature plant produces distinctive elongated fruits 15 to 30 millimeters in length.

Habitat: dry slopes, burns, disturbed areas

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 1100 m

Bioregions: s CW, SW.

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