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False Baby Stars
( Leptosiphon androsaceus )
Leptosiphon androsaceus
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About False Baby Stars (Leptosiphon androsaceus)
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Leptosiphon androsaceus
(syn.
Linanthus androsaceus
) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name false babystars. It is native to California, where it grows wild in the chaparral, woodland, and other habitat in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and Coast Ranges to the north. It is also kept as an ornamental plant for its small, colorful blooms. This is an annual herb producing a hairy stem up to about 30 centimeters long, often growing erect. The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into lobes up to 3 centimeters long and oval in shape to linear to needlelike. The tip of the stem is occupied by an flower cluster of flowers one to three centimeters wide, usually pink or lavender with yellow or white throats. This plant is similar to its relative, true babystars (
Leptosiphon bicolor
).
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
0.16 - 1 ft tall
Flower Color
Pink, Yellow, Lavender
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
likely
* )
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Buckwheat Borer Moth
Synanthedon polygoni
Synanthedon polygoni
*
Three-striped Longhorn
Adela trigrapha
Adela trigrapha
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Natural Setting
Site Type
Open spaces, meadows
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.8" - 133.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 3.85", Coldest Month: 31.3" - 56.0", Hottest Month: 57.6" - 80.9", Humidity: 0.23" - 29.30", Elevation: -122" - 9032"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Linanthus androsaceus
Common Names
: Common Linanthus, False Babystars, Showy Linanthus
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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