Horkelia yadonii

Santa lucia horkelia, Santa Lucia Horkelia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Santa lucia horkelia is a rare (CNPS 4.2) California native perennial found in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Coast Ranges in sandy meadow edges and seasonal streambeds within chaparral or foothill-pine woodland at elevations of 350 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white flowers in small clusters 5 to 10 blooms wide. Growing with gray-green, tufted stems 20 to 60 centimeters tall and spreading hairs, it forms dense, matted patches. Its compound leaves feature 7 to 16 leaflets on each side, each wedge-shaped to round, 4 to 15 millimeters long, often deeply notched with dense surface hairs. The fruit is approximately 1.5 millimeters long, contributing to this delicate and distinctive coastal chaparral species.

Habitat: Sandy meadow edges, seasonal streambeds in chaparral or foothill-pine woodland

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 350-1900 m

Bioregions: SCoRO.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Barbara

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