Horkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii

Cleveland's horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Cleveland's horkelia is a California native perennial found in the Peninsular Ranges in meadows and pine forests on granite at elevations of 1,200 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in open clusters with 5 to 30 blossoms. Growing with spreading, green to grayish stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms a distinctive tufted habit with delicate branching. Its compound leaves feature 6 to 12 leaflets per side, each wedge-shaped and 5 to 12 millimeters long with 5 to 10 teeth near the base, covered in dense soft hairs. The plant's petals are widely oblanceolate, 3 to 6 millimeters long, creating a delicate and intricate floral display.

Habitat: Meadows, under pines, on granite

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 1200-2500 m

Bioregions: PR.

California counties: San Diego, Riverside

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