Linanthus californicum (Prickly Phlox)

 6/1/03 San Juan Loop Trail, Santa Ana Mountains, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

 6/1/03 San Juan Loop Trail

3/11/01 Charmless Wilderness Park, Malibu, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Prickly Phlox

SPECIES: Linanthus californicum

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/11/2001

LOCATION: Charmless Wilderness Park, Malibu, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

NOTES: One observed on trail; late winter rains, overcast & cold that day

*******************************************************************************

From Jepson eFlora Taxon Page:

Habit: Subshrub. 

Stem: 3--10 dm. 

Leaf: lobes palmate, 3--12 mm, sharp-tipped. 

Flower: open during day; calyx lobes equal, membrane much wider than lobes; corolla salverform, lobes 9--18 mm, elliptic, obovate, or round, generally pink; stamens attached in mid tube. 

Fruit: < calyx, obovoid. 

Seed: 12--30, not gelatinous when wet. 

Ecology: Scrub, forest, coastal strand; 

Elevation: < 1500 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: s CCo, s SCoRO, n&c SW. 

Flowering Time: Jan--Jul 

Synonyms: Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.; Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. subsp. brevitrichomum Gordon-Reedy; Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. subsp. californicum; Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. subsp. glandulosum (Eastw.) H. Mason; Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. subsp. leptotrichomum Gordon-Reedy; Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. subsp. tomentosum Gordon-Reedy, listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory

eFlora Treatment Author: Robert Patterson & J. Mark Porter