Streptanthus fenestratus

Tehipite valley jewelflower, Tehipite Valley Jewelflower

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Tehipite valley jewelflower is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kings River Canyon, Fresno County, on granite ledges and open mixed-conifer/oak woodland at elevations of 1,050 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces rose-purple flowers approximately 9 to 15 millimeters long with distinctive unequal-length stamens. Growing with erect stems 5 to 35 centimeters tall, it can be simple or branched near the base. Its leaves form a basal rosette with pinnately divided structure, featuring mid-stem ovate to lanceolate leaves that are coarsely dentate or entire, with lobed leaf bases. The slender fruits are ascending to spreading, measuring 2 to 5 centimeters long and containing 22 to 38 small oblong seeds.

Habitat: Granite ledges, sand, open mixed-conifer/oak woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1050-1800 m

Bioregions: s SNH (Kings River Canyon, Fresno Co.).

California counties: Fresno

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