San Luis Obispo spineflower facts for kids
Quick facts for kids San Luis Obispo spineflower |
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Chorizanthe
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breweri
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The Chorizanthe breweri is a special kind of flowering plant that's not found very often. It belongs to the buckwheat family. People also call it the San Luis Obispo spineflower or Brewer's spineflower.
This plant only grows naturally in California. You can find it in about 20 places in the Central Coast Mountains of San Luis Obispo and southern Monterey Counties.
About the San Luis Obispo Spineflower
The San Luis Obispo spineflower likes to grow in areas with chaparral (a type of shrubland) and forests. It especially likes a special kind of soil called serpentine soil.
What It Looks Like
This small plant has stems that usually spread out along the ground. But they can also grow upwards to about half a meter (about 1.5 feet) long. Its leaves and stems are often reddish and a bit fuzzy.
The flowers grow in a cluster. Each tiny flower is surrounded by six fuzzy, reddish leaf-like parts called bracts. These bracts have little hooked tips. The flower itself is very small, only about 3 millimeters (a bit bigger than a grain of rice) wide. It can be white or red and is also fuzzy.
