Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum
The dominant shrub of California chaparral, with needle-like leaves and frothy cream flower clusters. Intensely drought- and fire-adapted, resprouting after burns.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–10 ft
- Spacing
- 4–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- CA