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Madera linanthus

Leptosiphon serrulatus

Also called Madera Leptosiphon

Madera linanthus is a rare, small annual wildflower native to California's Sierra Nevada foothills, grown mainly for botanical interest rather than as a garden plant. It thrives in open, sunny woodland and chaparral conditions with good drainage.

Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; it dies back after seeding.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil.
Temperature
Tolerates Mediterranean-type temperate conditions; hardy to mild frost, protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Leptosiphon serrulatus (syn. Linanthus serrulatus) is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Madera linanthus. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the chaparral and woodlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills, from Madera to Kern Counties.

Other Leptosiphon plants

Bristly linanthus · Serpentine linanthus · False Babystars · Golden linanthus · True Babystars · Bolander's linanthus · Mojave linanthus · Whiskerbrush · Thread linanthus · Large Flower Linanthus · Lemmon's linanthus · Narrowflower flaxflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosiphon serrulatus 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.

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