Sibbaldia procumbens

Creeping sibbaldia

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Creeping sibbaldia is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Mountains, Warner Mountains, and eastern Sierra Nevada in moist rocky areas at elevations of 1,820 to 3,700 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces tiny yellow flowers less than 1 millimeter wide with widely oblanceolate petals. Growing with spreading stems 2 to 15 centimeters long, it forms a low-growing ground cover with sparse appressed hairs. Its leaves have 5 to 25 millimeter leaflets that are wedge-shaped with three distinctive teeth at the tip. The small brown fruits are often retained in the disintegrating flower cluster, creating an intricate botanical detail.

Habitat: Moist rocky areas

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1820-3700 m (lowest in n)

Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SNH, SnBr, Wrn, SNE

California counties: Mono, Fresno, Alpine, Shasta, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, Tulare, Madera, Mariposa, Trinity, Nevada, Modoc, Butte, Inyo, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, Placer

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