Nemacladus secundiflorus var. secundiflorus

Large-flowered nemacladus

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Large-flowered nemacladus is a native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada and south Coast Ranges on dry, gravelly slopes at elevations of 200 to 800 meters. Flowering from April to May, this delicate plant produces white flowers with a distinctive yellow blotch at the lobe base and lavender veins, creating an intricate floral pattern. Growing with slender stems, it develops small, narrowly oblanceolate leaves measuring 2 to 6 millimeters long, almost spoon-shaped in appearance. Its flowers have an asymmetric one-sided inflorescence with tiny lance-linear bracts and horizontal pedicels, creating a unique architectural structure. The flower's corolla tube is widely cylindric, with two spreading adaxial lobes and three reflexed abaxial lobes that add to its delicate botanical complexity.

Habitat: Dry, gravelly slopes

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: 200-800 m

Bioregions: s SNH, SCoR.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Tulare, Kern

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