Linanthus bigelovii subsp. johnsonii

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Johnson's linanthus is a California native annual found in desert and dry regions at elevations generally below 1,700 meters. Flowering from March to May, this delicate plant produces cream or white flowers with light purple shading, opening in the evening with funnel-shaped corollas. Growing with erect stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall, it is glabrous with very sparse long soft hairs near the nodes. Its simple linear leaves measure 10 to 30 millimeters long, with very sparse long soft hairs along the proximal leaf margins. The fruit is cylindrical and shorter than the calyx, containing 9 to 28 seeds that swell and become gelatinous when wet.

Habitat: Deserts, dry areas

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: generally < 1700 m

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