Horkelia tridentata

Three toothed horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Three toothed horkelia is a California native perennial found in rosetted, grayish habitats at elevations suitable for its growth. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers in small clusters of 3 to 40 blooms. Growing with stems less than 45 centimeters tall and a compact, tufted form, it develops a sparse to moderately glandular appearance. Its leaves feature 2 to 5 leaflets on each side, typically elliptic to oblong in shape, with distinctive three-toothed edges on lower leaflets and a densely hairy lower surface. The plant forms a low, compact cluster with delicate, somewhat grayish foliage characteristic of its adaptive mountain or rocky environments.

California counties: Trinity, Nevada, Shasta, Amador, Tehama, Butte, Calaveras, Plumas, Fresno, Tuolumne, Modoc, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, Placer, Mariposa, Tulare, Alpine, El Dorado, Mendocino, Humboldt, Madera, San Diego, Mono, Sierra, Yuba, Sacramento

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