Samolus parviflorus

Seaside brookweed, Seaside Brookweed

Family: Theophrastaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Seaside brookweed is a California native perennial found in the Great Valley, central western California, southern California coastal areas, northern Channel Islands, western Transverse Ranges, San Bernardino Mountains, and Peninsular Ranges in moist sites at elevations generally below 1,300 meters. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces tiny white flowers approximately 1.5 millimeters across. Growing with upright stems 15 to 40 centimeters tall, it develops an elegant branching structure. Its leaves are lance-oblong to obovate, 2 to 5 centimeters long, with blades that taper gracefully to winged petioles and have obtuse to rounded tips. The small round fruits measure about 2.5 millimeters wide, completing its delicate botanical profile.

Habitat: Moist sites

Bloom period: Spring-summer

Elevation: generally < 1300 m

Bioregions: GV, CW, SCo, n ChI, WTR, SnBr, PR

California counties: San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, Solano, Butte, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Napa, Monterey

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