Calflora: Leptodactylon californicum

Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

California prickly phlox, prickly phlox

Leptodactylon californicum, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

Communities:	Chaparral, Foothill Woodland

Family:	POLEMONIACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Leptodactylon found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Leptodactylon californicum ssp. tomentosum

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2: accepted name:		Linanthus californicus

NOTE: Leptodactylon californicum is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Leptodactylon californicum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (LECA7)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database