Allionia incarnata

Trailing allionia

Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Trailing allionia is a California native perennial found in desert and southwestern regions in sandy or rocky habitats. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces distinctively red-purple flowers with three notched, oblique petals arranged in small clusters. Growing with spreading or prostrate stems that trail along the ground, it forms low-growing mats across arid landscapes. Its leaves are arranged opposite each other, typically small and somewhat oval-shaped, blending into the plant's delicate ground-hugging structure. The fruit is compressed with two lateral wings and features sticky glandular rows that aid in seed dispersal.

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.