Johnstonella angelica

Angelic johnstonella

Family: Boraginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Angelic johnstonella is a California native annual found in desert wash and succulent scrub environments at an elevation of 210 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces small white to pale flowers in dense clusters with delicate, nearly invisible petals. Growing with multiple branches emerging from the base, it develops slender stems 15 to 25 centimeters tall that are smooth near the bottom and softly hairy toward the tips. Its leaves are narrow and linear, measuring 1 to 2.5 centimeters long, covered with stiff hairs that have distinctive bulbous bases, particularly on the undersides. The fruit consists of four nutlets varying in size, with the larger nutlets approximately 0.9 to 1.2 millimeters long, lance-ovate in shape and pale brown with a textured surface.

Habitat: Desert wash, succulent scrub

Bloom period: Likely Feb-Apr (almost year-round in parts of Mexico, depending on monsoonal rains)

Elevation: 210 m

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