Chamaebatia australis is a species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names southern mountain misery and southern bearclover.

[1] This uncommon shrub is native to the chaparral slopes of southern California and northern Baja California.

It has very dark bark, and is covered in a foliage of 2-pinnate leaves, meaning leaves which are made up of small leaflets which are further divided themselves into tiny leaflets, giving the foliage a fernlike appearance.

Each leaf is a gland-dotted frond of 3 to 8 centimeters in length.

The flowers are roselike with small rounded white petals and yellow centers filled with many stamens.