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Leptosiphon ciliatus
Whiskerbrush is a hairy annual wildflower native to western North America, with small pink flowers blooming from March to July. It is a wild plant of chaparral, woodland and grassland, and is grown mainly in native plant gardens rather than as a standard garden or houseplant.
Leptosiphon ciliatus (syn. Linanthus ciliatus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name whiskerbrush.
It is native to California, Baja California (México), Nevada, and Oregon, growing below 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosiphon ciliatus 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.
