Streptanthus cordatus

Heartleaf jewelflower

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Heartleaf jewelflower is a California native perennial found in serpentine or rocky habitats of the northern Coast Ranges and central Sierra Nevada at elevations of 200 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces purple flowers 9 to 15 millimeters long with narrow petals. Growing with erect stems 10 to 90 centimeters tall, it develops a simple or branched caudex with glaucous green foliage. Its basal leaves are spoon-shaped to narrowly oblanceolate, while mid-stem leaves are broadly oblong to ovate, some with clasping bases and occasional small teeth. The fruit is an ascending silique 5 to 10.5 centimeters long with distinctive purple-tinged green-brown sepals.

California counties: Inyo, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, San Bernardino, Tulare, Mono, Nevada, Alpine, Sierra, Los Angeles, San Mateo, El Dorado

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