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Horkelia rydbergii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Rydberg's horkelia. It is endemic to the Transverse Ranges of southern California, where it grows in several types of habitat, including pine forest. This is a perennial herb producing a low mat of hairy, hairy gray-green foliage around a woody base. The leaves are mostly flat and made up of pairs of hairy, wedge-shaped leaflets with toothed tips. The flower cluster is an open array of up to 40 flowers atop an erect stalk, each flower made up of five pointed green sepals and five white petals. At the center of the flower is a cone of 10 stamens around a bunch of up to 50 pistils.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 28 in Tall

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Color

White, Green

Sun

Full Sun

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 7*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Site type

Meadows and streambanks

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

3 confirmed and 107 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Gold-hunter's Hairstreak

Satyrium auretorum

Texas Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon texanus