Eremogone congesta var. congesta

Capitate sandwort

Family: Caryophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Capitate sandwort is a California native perennial found in northern Coast Ranges, northern California Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada, and Warner Mountains in gravelly or sandy open areas at elevations of 1,300 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers in dense clusters with closely enveloping bracts. Growing with delicate stems up to 30 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in open terrain. Its leaves are extremely narrow, measuring 30 to 80 millimeters long and only 0.5 to 1 millimeter wide, creating a fine, thread-like appearance. The flower's sepals are bluntly rounded, measuring 3.5 to 4.2 millimeters long.

Habitat: Gravelly or sandy soil, in open

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1300-2000 m

Bioregions: NCoRH, CaRH, n SNH, Wrn

California counties: Butte, Humboldt, Inyo, Lassen, Nevada, Placer, Fresno, Glenn, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity, Tulare, Tehama, Modoc, El Dorado

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