Horkelia californica var. elata

California horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

California horkelia is a California native perennial found in the northern Coast Ranges, central and southern Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area, and San Bernardino Mountains in shady meadow edges, seasonal streams, and open chaparral at elevations of 50 to 1,830 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white flowers with distinctive compound arrangements. Growing with slender stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall, it has a spreading habit with multiple leafy branches. Its leaves feature 7 to 9 finely toothed leaflets on each side, with terminal leaflets 10 to 40 millimeters long, giving the plant a delicate, intricate foliage structure. The fruit develops with small filaments at the flower's base, characteristic of its rosaceous family lineage.

Habitat: Shady meadow edges, seasonal streams, open chaparral

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 50-1830 m

Bioregions: NCoR, c&amps SN, SnFrB, SnBr.

California counties: Butte, Fresno, Sonoma, Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Napa, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Trinity, Tulare, Yuba, Lake, Mendocino, Tuolumne, Colusa, Marin, Sacramento, Stanislaus

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