Chamaebatia foliolosa is a North American species of aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family known by the common names mountain misery, bearclover,[2] and tarweed.

The roselike flowers have rounded white petals and yellow centers ringed with many stamens.

[3] Black gum from the plant may stick to clothing, and it is highly flammable due to its resin.

[4] The Miwok, who called the plant kit-kit-dizze,[5] used it as an herbal remedy for colds, coughs, rheumatism, chicken pox, measles, smallpox and other diseases.

[6] The name mountain misery comes from the California gold rush, when early pioneers would trip and fall from the dense, stinky brush.