Leptodactylon californicum - Prickly phlox

Prickly phlox (Leptodactylon californicum, syn. Linanthus californicus) is a one- to three-foot subshrub of Southern California chaparral and oak woodland, with very fragrant bright pink spring flowers, needing excellent drainage or it rots.¹ It grows 0.3-1 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Shrub

Functions

• Flammable²
• Drought-tolerance¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.3-1
Diameter (m)	0.3-1

Footnotes

1. Leptodactylon californicum, Prickly Phlox | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 1 second ↩