Stillingia linearifolia

Linear leaved stillingia

Family: Euphorbiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Linear leaved stillingia is a California native perennial found in the southwestern deserts, San Joaquin Valley, and Monocline Ridge in Fresno County on dry slopes and washes at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small white flowers in terminal inflorescences 2 to 7 centimeters long. Growing with erect stems up to 70 centimeters tall, it has a delicate, sparse growth habit. Its leaves are distinctively narrow, linear in shape, measuring 1 to 4 centimeters long and less than 2 millimeters wide, appearing entire and minimally textured. The fruit is approximately 3.5 millimeters long with smooth seeds about 2 millimeters in size.

Habitat: dry slopes, washes

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: SnJV (Monocline Ridge, Fresno County), SW, D

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Orange, Kern

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