Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora

Gaping keckiella

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Gaping keckiella is a California native shrub found in the Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, and Sierra Nevada/northeastern Sierra Nevada in rocky slopes, forest, and chaparral at elevations of 200 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces small flowers with glandular calyxes. Growing with branching stems that form dense clusters, it develops a woody structure typical of chaparral shrubs. Its leaves are likely small and arranged along the stems, supporting the plant's compact growth habit. The shrub's glandular features and adaptation to varied rocky habitats make it a distinctive component of California's diverse plant communities.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, forest, chaparral

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 200-2000 m

Bioregions: SN, SnFrB, SCoR, WTR, SN/SNE.

California counties: Kern, Tulare, Inyo, Los Angeles, Monterey, Ventura, Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Lake, Placer, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, San Benito, Sierra, Amador, Sacramento, Alpine, Mariposa, Fresno, Stanislaus, Nevada, Madera, Tuolumne

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