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Chamaebatia foliolosa
Mountain misery is a native California evergreen shrub in the rose family, found in mountain conifer forests. It is a hardy, aromatic plant suited to dry, shaded or part-shaded woodland-style gardens.
Chamaebatia foliolosa is a North American species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names mountain misery, bearclover, and tarweed.
It is endemic to the mountains of California, where it grows in coniferous forests.
The Miwok, who called the plant kit-kit-dizze, used it as an herbal remedy for colds, coughs, rheumatism, chicken pox, measles, smallpox and other diseases.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaebatia foliolosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
