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Leptosiphon androsaceus
False babystars is a small annual wildflower native to California, grown for its pink or lavender flowers with yellow or white throats. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and it sets seed and dies back after blooming.
Leptosiphon androsaceus (syn. Linanthus androsaceus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name of false babystars. It is an annual herb that is endemic to California.
The plant is endemic to California, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, and also in the California Coast Ranges of northern and central California, the Southern Sierra Nevada, and the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges of southern California.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosiphon androsaceus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
