Streptanthus tortuosus var. oblongus

Klamath mountains jewelflower

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Klamath mountains jewelflower is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Mountains on rocky slopes, outcrops, and roadcuts within mixed evergreen forest at elevations of 150 to 690 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces flowers with white to purple petals approximately 12 to 16.8 millimeters long. Growing with stems 29 to 126 centimeters tall, branching distally from a woody caudex and forming simple or multiple stems. Its leaves are lance-ovate, with basal and proximal cauline leaves 2.4 to 7.3 centimeters long and mid-cauline leaves 1.8 to 7.1 centimeters long. The fruit is a spreading, straight to arched silique 4.5 to 9.5 centimeters long, containing 31 to 81 seeds.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, outcrops, roadcuts, in mixed evergreen forest

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 150-690 m

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