False Babystars
Leptosiphon androsaceus
False babystars is a delicate California annual whose pinwheel flowers in pink, lilac, and white float on threadlike stems above whorled leaves, a dainty, easy reseeder for sunny to lightly shaded gardens.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.2–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, yellow, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA