Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Garrett's California fuchsia is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Desert Mountains on dry slopes and ridges at elevations of 1,200 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces reddish-orange flowers with distinctive spreading hairs. Growing with spreading stems 15 to 40 centimeters tall, it forms a low, sprawling habit with glandular vegetation. Its opposite leaves are widely ovate with prominent teeth, creating a textured green appearance. The plant spreads across dry, rocky terrain with a characteristic hairy and glandular growth pattern.

Habitat: dry slopes, ridges

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: 1200-3400 m

Bioregions: s SNH, DMtns

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, San Diego

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