Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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California Indian Pink (Silene californica) is a native annual herb that grows in northern, southern and central California. It tends to grow at elevations from 0-5000 feet.

Plant type

Annual herb, Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Red

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Special uses

Deer resistant

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Site type

Rock walls, hillsides

Plant communities

Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Hitched Arches

Melanchra adjuncta

Rufous Quaker Moth

Protorthodes rufula