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Leptosiphon bicolor

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Leptosiphon bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. bicolor
Binomial name
Leptosiphon bicolor
Synonyms

Linanthus bicolor (Nutt.) Greene

Leptosiphon bicolor (syn. Linanthus bicolor), known as true babystars, is a low annual flowering plant related to Phlox with clumps of needle-like leaves. Populations often contain both white-flowered and pink-flowered plants. It is native to the west coast of North America from northern Baja California to southern British Columbia.

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