Horkelia cuneata

Wedge leaf horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Wedge leaf horkelia is a California native perennial found in coastal and western mountain ranges in coastal scrub and chaparral habitats. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in small clusters with petals 4 to 8 millimeters long. Growing with matted green or grayish stems 20 to 70 centimeters tall, it forms a low, spreading ground cover. Its compound leaves feature 5 to 12 leaflets on each side, each approximately 10 to 25 millimeters long with single, fine teeth along the edges, and range from nearly glabrous to densely hairy. The fruit is small, measuring 1.5 to 1.8 millimeters in length.

California counties: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura

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