Horkelia fusca var. parviflora

Tawny horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Tawny horkelia is a California native perennial found in the eastern Klamath Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and northern eastern Sierra Nevada in dry meadow edges and open forest on volcanic or granitic soils at elevations of 1,400 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers in small clusters with 5 to 20 blooms. Growing with slender stems 15 to 45 centimeters tall, it forms delicate clusters with sparse to dense green foliage. Its compound leaves typically have 4 to 8 leaflets on each side, each wedge-shaped leaflet 5 to 15 millimeters long with 5 to 7 teeth along the upper half. The small petals are 2 to 4 millimeters long, with delicate filaments and compact anthers that give the flower clusters a subtle, intricate appearance.

Habitat: dry meadow edges, open forest, volcanic or granitic soils

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1400-3300 m

Bioregions: e KR, SNH, n SNE

California counties: El Dorado, Fresno, Trinity, Plumas, Placer, Mono, Nevada, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Del Norte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Madera, Mariposa, Siskiyou, Tulare, Tuolumne

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