Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum) Login         


        Description
  • Height 4 - 13 ft.
  • EW Bloom May - Jul
  • Chamise often dominates the chaparral with thousands of tiny white blooms.
  • Tiny needle-like leaves limit water loss in a dry environment.
  • Chamise is often paler than plants around it.
  • A California native, it grows natively nowhere else outside our region.
  • Rose Family (Rosaceae)



Each flower has 5 white petals and long stamens.



Chamise produces sprays of dozens of small (1/4") flowers.



Stems often have peeling bark, and are full of oil which increases wildfire intensity - an advantage for this plant with burls that can send up new shoots immediately after.

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Chamise is an [[evergreen]] shrub, many branched and resinous, growing to over 12 feet tall. It is common in open [[chaparral]] and makes impressiv ...

Leaves are small and hard, with a higher percentage of lignin (the molecular structures that make wood and bark stiff) than most leaves. They're sh ...

Many small flowers cluster along the end of branches.

Flowers are only 1/4" across, but cluster along the ends of branches to make a bright display. Flowers are tubular, with 5 separate white petals, a ...

Bark becomes grey and shreds with age. The taproot penetrates rock cracks to 12 feet deep. Extensive lateral roots also help collect water and nut ...