Island Jepsonia

Description

Jepsonia malvifolia-is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the-saxifrage family-known by the common name-island jepsonia. It is found only on the-Channel Islands of California-and-Guadalupe Island-off-Baja California. It grows in exposed rock and clay soils on the-chaparral-and scrub slopes of the islands. This is a small perennial herb producing two or three leaves from a flat-caudex. The green leaves are round or kidney-shaped and edged with ruffled lobes. The plant flowers in fall, producing an-inflorescence-on a tall-peduncle. The tiny flowers have red-veined white, yellowish, or pinkish petals. The fruit is a tan-striped greenish capsule.