Horkelia californica

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Horkelia californica

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Horkelia
Species: H. californica
Binomial name
Horkelia californica
Cham. & Schltdl.

Horkelia californica is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name California horkelia. It is endemic to California, where it grows on scrubby coastal and inland mountain slopes. This is a clumping perennial herb producing erect green stems variable in height from 10 centimeters to over a meter. The green leaves are up to 40 centimeters long and are made up of hairy, rounded, toothed leaflets each up to 6 centimeters in length. The inflorescence holds solitary and clustered flowers, each with toothed bractlets and thick, pointed sepals. There are five small white petals.

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