Santa Lucia horkelia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Santa Lucia horkelia |
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Horkelia
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yadonii
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The Horkelia yadonii is a special kind of flowering plant. It belongs to the rose family. Its common name is the Santa Lucia horkelia. This plant is quite rare.
It is only found in California. You can see it in the Central Coast area. This includes places like Monterey and Santa Barbara Counties.
About the Santa Lucia Horkelia
For a long time, people thought this plant was just another type of Horkelia. But in 1993, scientists realized it was unique. They then gave it its own special name!
Where It Lives
The Santa Lucia horkelia grows in dry, bushy areas. These are called chaparral habitats. It also lives in woodlands. You can often find it in meadows and dry riverbeds.
What It Looks Like
This plant is a perennial. This means it comes back to life every year. It grows a fuzzy, sticky, gray-green mat of leaves. These leaves grow around a thick stem base called a caudex.
Each leaf can be up to 20 centimeters (about 8 inches) long. They are made of several smaller leaf parts. These parts are called leaflets. The leaflets can be wedge-shaped or rounded. Their tips might be wavy or deeply cut.
The flowers grow in a loose group. There are usually 5 to 10 flowers on a tall, straight stalk. Each flower has five pointy green parts. These are called sepals. It also has five white petals.
