Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia

Common eucrypta

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Common eucrypta is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada Foothill woodlands, Tehachapi, southern San Joaquin Valley, Central Western, and Southwestern regions in roadsides, burns, coastal bluffs, and ravines at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces white to pale lavender flowers in small clusters with corolla limbs 4 to 8 millimeters in diameter. Growing with ascending to erect stems that are sometimes decumbent, it reaches heights of 10 to 30 centimeters. Its proximal leaves are large, 2 to 10 centimeters long and 1 to 5 centimeters wide, with 9 to 13 distinctive lobes. The small fruits are approximately 2 to 4 millimeters in diameter.

Habitat: Roadsides, burns, coastal bluffs, ravines

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: s SNF, Teh, s SnJV, CW, SW

California counties: San Diego, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Riverside, Solano, Orange, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Yolo, Fresno, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Marin, Napa, Imperial, Alpine, Santa Cruz

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