Chamaebatia foliolosa
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Chamaebatia foliolosa is a North American species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names mountain misery, bearclover,[1] and tarweed.
Description
The stems are covered in dark brown bark. The fernlike foliage is made up of pinnate leaves up to Script error: No such module "convert". long, with 8–17 main leaflets; these are made up of smaller leaflets.[1] The leaves are dotted with sticky glands.
The roselike flowers have rounded white petals and yellow centers ringed with many stamens.[1] The fruit is a brownish-black achene.[1]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the mountains of California, where it grows in coniferous forests.[1]
Ecology
The species has been documented as carrying out nitrogen fixation, unusual for a plant in its family.[2]
Black gum from the plant may stick to clothing, and it is highly flammable due to its resin.[3]
Uses
The Miwok, who called the plant kit-kit-dizze,[4] used it as an herbal remedy for colds, coughs, rheumatism, chicken pox, measles, smallpox and other diseases.[5]
In culture
The name mountain misery comes from the California gold rush, when early pioneers would trip and fall from the dense, stinky brush.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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