Boechera hoffmannii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Boechera hoffmannii (Munz) Al-Shehbaz

Hoffmann's rockcress

2014 Steve Matson

Boechera hoffmannii is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Arabis hoffmannii

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

Federal status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~23 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Boechera
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: cliffs, coastal

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Arabis hoffmannii

Information about Boechera hoffmannii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 1B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Channel Islands Endemic, Endangered Species: It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California, where it is known from only three or four populations on two of the eight islands. It is a federally listed endangered species. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/14/2025).