Carried by 3 nurseries
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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.
Annual herb, Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Red
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low, Moderate
Fast
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7*, 8, 9, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Rock walls, hillsides
Chaparral, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Hitched Arches
Melanchra adjuncta
Rufous Quaker Moth
Protorthodes rufula