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Orcutt's linanthus

Linanthus orcuttii

Orcutt's linanthus is a tiny annual wildflower in the phlox family, native to chaparral and pine forest in southern California and Baja California. It grows from seed each year, so it needs a sunny spot and well-drained soil.

Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly during establishment and then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool nights and light frost once established
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Linanthus orcuttii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Orcutt's linanthus. It is known only from southern California and Baja California, where it grows in chaparral and pine forests in the Peninsular Ranges, the Palomar Mountain and occasionally the San Bernardino Mountains.

Other Linanthus plants

Harkness' flaxflower · Desertbeauty · Bigelow's linanthus · San Gabriel linanthus · Desertsnow · Fringed linanthus · Eveningsnow · Yellow gilia · Inyo gilia · Jones' linanthus · Baldwin Lake linanthus · Sandblossoms

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linanthus orcuttii 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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