The colors below indicate the kind of documentation available for this species
in the California counties where it occurs.
Pine Hill Flannel Bush Fremontodendron decumbens (Sterculiaceae)
Pine Hill Flannel Bush is rare in the wild. It is now propagated by nurseries for the garden trade. Only a few hundred of the thousands of species native to California are available to the home gardener. The species that are chosen for the retail trade tend to have the most spectacular flowers but scores of other drought tolerant species have equally attractive foliage. The flowers of Flannel Bush have no true petals. The sunset coloration of the petal-like sepals are even more resplendent than the lemon-yellow flowers of its better known relative, Fremontia.
DISTRIBUTION: Rare on rocky ridges in the high Sierra Nevada (Pine Hill, El Dorado Co.); 2000 m.
