Linanthus dianthiflorus

Fringed linanthus

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Fringed linanthus is a California native annual found in southern California bioregions including the South Coast, Channel Islands, western Transverse Ranges, southern San Bernardino Mountains, and Peninsular Ranges in open habitats at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces light pink flowers with yellow throats and delicate pink or white lobes marked with purple at the base. Growing with erect or spreading stems 5 to 12 centimeters tall and covered in fine hairs, it forms open to dense clusters of blossoms. Its slender leaves are thread-like or linear-oblong, 5 to 20 millimeters long, and entirely glabrous. The tiny fruit is smaller than the hairy calyx, containing 6 to 18 seeds.

Habitat: Openings

Bloom period: Feb-Jun

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: SCo, ChI, WTR, s SnBr, PR

California counties: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, Mariposa, Merced

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