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Pronunciation: lie-NAN-thus ka-li-FOR-ni-kus
Common name: Prickly phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry slopes and banks to 5000' in chaparral, coastal sage scrub and foothill woodland
Blooming period: March to June
Name derivations: 1) Linanthus 2) californicus
NOTE: The Jepson eflora now recognizes three ssp. of Linanthus californicus, californicus, glandulosus and tomentosus, some of whose ranges partially overlap.