Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum

Short-stemmed bastard-sage, Short-Stemmed Bastard-Sage

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Short-stemmed bastard-sage is a California native shrub found in the Sierra Nevada, central western California, Transverse Ranges, eastern Peninsular Ranges, eastern Sierra Nevada, and expected in northern Desert Mountains in gravelly or rocky habitats at elevations of 200 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white to pink flowers in small clusters with distinctive involucres 1.5 to 4 millimeters long. Growing as a low, spreading mat 0.5 to 2.5 decimeters tall and 1 to 3 decimeters wide, it forms a dense, tomentose or occasionally glabrous ground cover. Its small leaves are compact, measuring 0.5 to 1 centimeters long and 0.2 to 0.4 centimeters wide, creating a tight, intricate foliage pattern. The fruit is compact, measuring 2 to 2.5 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Common. Gravel or rocks

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 200-3400 m

Bioregions: SN, CW, TR, e PR, SNE, expected n DMtns.

California counties: Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Mono, Inyo, Tulare, Mariposa, Ventura, Fresno, Nevada, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Alpine, Placer, Madera, Riverside, Sierra, Orange, Lassen, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Amador, Colusa, Monterey

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