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Adenostoma fasciculatum, commonly known as chamise or greasewood, is a flowering plant native to California and Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the California chaparral ecoregion.
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) is a dicot angiosperm, in the rose family, Rosaceae. This is a variable family. 44 Plants generally have bisexual flowers that are radially symmetrical with five petals and five to numerous, spirally arranged stamens .
Plant description. Chamise, or Greasewood, (Adenostoma fasciculatum), a member of the Rose family, is a flowering plant native to California and northern Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the chaparral biome, sometimes forming monotypic stands.
Chamise is a characteristic shrub component of chaparral ecosystems. It is particularly dominant in hot and dry habitats. Photo Credit: © 2009 Barry Breckling @ CalPhotos. Adenostoma fasciculatum. Common Name: chamise. Plant Functional Group: Evergreen broadleaf. Class > Order > Family: Magnoliopsida > Rosales > Rosaceae.
Adenostoma fasciculatum is an evergreen shrub growing to 4m tall, with dry-looking stick-like branches. The leaves are small, 4–10 mm long and 1mm broad with a pointed apex, and sprout in clusters from the branches. These clusters are known as fascicles, and give the species its Latin name.
Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) is the most widespread plant in the chaparral habitat. It is an adaptable and drought-tolerant shrub native to California and can grow in nutrient-poor soil and dry rocky outcrops.
Photo by Bryant Baker. Adenostoma fasciculatum. The most common shrub west of the Sierra Nevada, chamise is the backbone of the chaparral—a shrubland ecosystem that dominates much of the central and south coasts.
