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Arabis blepharophylla is a species of rock cress known by the common names coast rock cress and rose rock cress. It is endemic to California, growing mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area and nearby low-elevation coast ranges. It is uncommon in the wild but is often grown as an attractive, sweet-scented flowering garden plant. The plant sends up thin, hairy stems from a basal rosette of fuzzy leaves. It bears small flowers with four bright purplish-pink petals. There are several cultivars bred for garden use. Often short lived in gardens.
Perennial herb
Pink, Purple
Winter, Spring
Partial Shade
Low, Moderate
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 9 likely
Gray Marble
Anthocharis lanceolata
Sara Orangetip
Anthocharis sara
Western Sulphur
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Large Marble
Euchloe ausonides