Leptosiphon breviculus

Mojave linanthus

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Mojave linanthus is a California native annual found in southern California deserts including the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and Mojave Desert in dry montane areas at elevations below 2,400 meters. Flowering from May to August, this delicate plant produces flowers with a maroon tube and white, pink, or blue rounded lobes about 4 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with hairy stems 10 to 25 centimeters tall, it has an open, slender growth habit. Its leaves feature linear to lance-linear lobes 3 to 10 millimeters long, typically divided into narrow segments. The flower's distinctive maroon tube with a purple throat and multicolored lobes creates a striking visual contrast against the plant's delicate structure.

Habitat: Deserts, dry montane areas

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 2400 m

Bioregions: SnGb, SnBr, DMoj.

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Ventura

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