Horkelia daucifolia var. indicta

Jepson's horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Jepson's horkelia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in northern Coast Ranges Interior and California Rocky Foothills in dry open places, often on serpentine clay at elevations of 240 to 670 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers 4 to 8 millimeters wide with delicate obovate-cordate petals. Growing with slender stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall, it develops short glandular-hairy branches. Its finely divided leaves feature 5 to 15 leaflet clusters, each leaflet 5 to 15 millimeters long with narrow lobes less than 1 millimeter wide, presenting a delicate, lacy green appearance.

Habitat: dry open places, often on serpentine clay

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 240-670 m

Bioregions: n NCoRI, CaRF

California counties: Shasta, Tehama

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