Tetracoccus hallii

Hall's tetracoccus

Family: Picrodendraceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Hall's tetracoccus is a California native shrub found in southeastern Mojave Desert and southeastern Colorado Desert regions on rocky slopes and washes at elevations below 1,200 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small flowers clustered on short lateral twigs. Growing with slender branches that are sparsely short-strigose when young and becoming glabrous with age, it reaches a moderate size with distinctive branching pattern. Its leaves are generally alternate, clustered on short lateral twigs, with blades 2 to 12 millimeters long, oblanceolate to obovate with obtuse to rounded tips. The fruit is grayish and fine-tomentose, approximately 8 to 12 millimeters long and 6 to 10 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, washes

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: se DMoj, DSon

California counties: San Bernardino, Imperial, Riverside

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