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Horkelia cuneata is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name wedgeleaf horkelia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in coastal chaparral communities and sandy areas. This is a matting or clumping perennial herb producing erect green or red stems up to 70 centimeters tall. The fernlike green leaves are up to 30 centimeters long and are made up of toothed, oval-shaped leaflets each one or two centimeters long. The foliage and stems are often quite hairy. The flower cluster holds several flowers, each with narrow, pointed leaflets and wider, reflexed sepals. The sepals and five white petals may be tinted with bright pink. The center of the flower holds ten stamens and up to 60 small pistils.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

8 - 28 in Tall

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Color

Pink, Red, White

Flowering season

Winter, Spring, Summer

Special uses

Groundcover

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Site type

Dunes

Plant communities

Chaparral, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Strand, Foothill Woodland, Northern Coastal Scrub

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Clepsis fucana

Edith's Copper

Lycaena editha

Phymatopus hectoides