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Linanthus californicus (Prickly Phlox) is a native sub-shrub in the Polemoniaceae (Phlox) family that grows along the coast and in the Coast Ranges, Transverse Range and Peninsular Range from San Luis Obispo County to Orange and Riverside Counties. It tends to grow at elevations from sea level to 6,500 feet. The leaves are palmate and sufficiently prickly to be painful. The pink or lavender flowers are small but showy and can appear 6 months of the year.
Shrub
1 - 3 ft Tall
1 ft Wide
Evergreen
Pink, White, Lavender
Winter, Spring, Summer
Containers
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to 15° F
Fast, Medium
Typically rocky soil, decomposed granite or sandstone.
Soil PH: 5.9 - 8.0
5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Coastal strand, scrub areas, meadows and forest
Chaparral, Coastal Strand, Southern Oak Woodland
Use with California Copperleaf (Acalypha californica), Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), San Diego Viguiera (Bahiopsis laciniata), Ceanothus spp., Goldenbush (Ericameria spp.), Buckwheat (Eriogonum spp.), Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei), Pitcher Sage (Lepechinia calycina or fragrans), Lupine (Lupinus spp.), Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus), Currant/Gooseberry (Ribes spp.), Sage (Salvia spp.), and Woolly Bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum or parishii)
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Three-striped Longhorn
Adela trigrapha
Buckwheat Borer Moth
Synanthedon polygoni