Menziesia ferruginea

Mock azalea

Family: Ericaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Mock azalea is a California native shrub found in northern coastal regions including the North Coast and Klamath Ranges in moist woodlands with acidic or peaty soils at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces yellow to orange-bronze urn-shaped flowers 6 to 7 millimeters long with short lobes. Growing 1 to 4 meters tall with sprawling to erect stems, the plant has a variable growth habit ranging from flat to brown-hairy. Its leaves are 1.5 to 4 centimeters long with glandular-ciliate margins and mucronate tips, giving the plant a distinctive texture. The fruit is less than 8 millimeters wide, containing many elongate seeds with short tails.

Habitat: Moist woodland, generally acidic or peaty soils

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: NCo, KR, NCoRO

California counties: Lake, Del Norte, Humboldt

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