Ivesia saxosa

Rock five finger

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rock five finger is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, San Bernardo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Sierra Nevada East, and Desert Mountains in granitic or volcanic crevices at elevations of 900 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces delicate yellow flowers 7 to 10 millimeters wide in open clusters with pedicels that curve slightly when bearing fruit. Growing in hanging green clumps with stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms distinctive mat-like clusters on rocky surfaces. Its leaves are complex, typically 5 to 15 centimeters long with 2 to 4 leaflets on each side, each leaflet round and evenly shallow-toothed or slightly lobed. The tiny fruits are pale and slightly ridged, measuring 1 to 1.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Granitic or volcanic crevices

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 900-3300 m

Bioregions: s SNH, SnBr, PR, SNE, DMtns

California counties: San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, Mono, Inyo, Tulare, San Diego, Ventura

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