Chorizanthe xanti is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family known by the common name Riverside spineflower.

It is endemic to California, where it grows in several of the mountain ranges from the Sierra Nevada to the Southern California Transverse Ranges in forest, woodland, and scrub habitats.

Chorizanthe xanti is generally erect in form, reaching up to about 30 centimeters in height, and reddish in color and coated in thin to dense hairs.

The flower is up to 6 millimeters wide and pink to red in color.

It has a much more thickly woolly inflorescence than the more common variety.