Nemacladus montanus

Coast range nemacladus

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Coast range nemacladus is a California native annual found in northern Coastal Ranges, northern Sacramento Valley, and southeastern San Francisco Bay Area (Mount Hamilton) on serpentine soils at elevations of 300 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces delicate white flowers with yellow and maroon accents, the two-lipped corolla featuring a yellow spot and maroon arches. Growing 8 to 18 centimeters tall with ascending stems that branch distinctively about 2 to 2.5 centimeters from the base, it forms an intricate zigzag growth pattern. Its leaves are 6 to 18 millimeters long, oblanceolate to elliptic, entire or subtly toothed, and covered in fine hairs that narrow to a short, wide petiole. The fruit is a small, obliquely obconic structure 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with an acute base and slightly pointed tip.

Habitat: Serpentine soils

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 300-1200 m

Bioregions: NCoRI, NCoRH, n ScV, se SnFrB (Mount Hamilton).

California counties: Lake, Stanislaus, Napa, Butte, Tehama, Colusa, Glenn, Monterey, Tulare, Calaveras, San Bernardino

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