Chorizanthe fimbriata, the fringed spineflower, is an annual plant in the family Polygonaceae, the buckwheats. It is a member of the genus Chorizanthe, the spineflowers, and is native to southern California and northern Baja California.[1] [2]
The Chorizanthe fimbriata species is endemic to the San Jacinto Mountains (California) and the Peninsular Ranges in Southern California and Baja California, below 1600m (5,200feet).[2] It is found in coastal sage and montane chaparral and woodlands habitats.[2]
The Chorizanthe fimbriata plant is low-lying at 10cm–50cmcm (00inches–20inchescm), and spreading 1m–3.5mm (03feet–11.5feetm) in diameter. It bears small star-shaped 5-lobed reddish-purple flowers with yellow tubes.[2]