Central California to Baja California.
Common Name: Bouquet Sea-Fog Lichen
Small shrubby fruticose lichen on rocks on coastal bluffs and cliffs. The branches are short and stubby, with abundant clumps of terminal apothecia making it look like a tiny bouquet of flowers.
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Rocks on coastal bluffs and cliffs, apparently never on soil.
The only fruticose lichens on coastal rocks likely to be confused with this species are other Niebla spp.:
N. homalea branches more flattened and longer, with a more scraggly overall habit N. laevigata branches distinctly flattened and smooth N. cephalota rarely on rock, sorediate N. robusta inflated, spongy branches N. procera much longer branches N. ceruchoides densely-branched
