Leptosiphon liniflorus

Narrowflower flaxflower

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Narrowflower flaxflower is a California native annual found in the California Floristic Province and western Mojave Desert in woodland openings, particularly on serpentine soils, at elevations up to 1,700 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white flowers with yellow throats and purple-veined petals approximately 8 to 10 millimeters long. Growing with branched stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, some glabrous and others hairy, it forms delicate open structures. Its leaves are composed of linear lobes 1 to 3 centimeters long, arranged in a distinctive pattern along the stems. The flowers emerge in small clusters or individually, with stamens extending beyond the delicate white and yellow corolla.

Habitat: Woodland, openings, common on serpentine, desert

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1700 m

Bioregions: CA-FP, w DMoj

California counties: Los Angeles, Kern, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, Monterey, Mariposa, Tulare, Placer, San Luis Obispo, Contra Costa, Merced, Alameda, Orange, San Benito, Kings, Yolo, Modoc, San Francisco, Lake, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Fresno, Solano, Madera, Stanislaus

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