Greeneocharis circumscissa var. rosulata

Rosette cushion greeneocharis

Family: Boraginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Rosette cushion greeneocharis is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Inyo and Tulare counties on barren granitic gravels at elevations of 2,950 to 3,650 meters. Flowering from July to August, this tiny plant produces delicate white flowers with minute corolla appendages. Growing as a prostrate plant just 0.5 to 3.5 centimeters tall, it forms compact, strigose stems with few branches. Its leaves are oblanceolate to narrow-oblong with nearly flat margins, arranged close to the ground in a distinctive rosette pattern. The plant produces 3 or 4 smooth, shiny gray nutlets, each lance-triangular and approximately 1.5 to 1.8 millimeters long.

Habitat: Barren granitic gravels

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 2950-3650 m

Bioregions: SNH (Inyo, Tulare cos.).

California counties: Inyo, Tulare

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