Calflora Taxon Report
Leptosiphon croceus  (Eastw.) Strother & Kersh
Coast yellow leptosiphon
Leptosiphon croceus is an annual herb that is native to California.
also called Linanthus croceus
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
State of California status: Endangered.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Observation Search
~15 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Bloom Period
Genus: Leptosiphon
Family: Polemoniaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEF + CNPSLinanthus croceus
Information about Leptosiphon croceus from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

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ID Tips on PlantID.net

[cnps-scv.org] Habitat, Range, Rarity: See pdf (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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