Polemoniaceae
False babystars
Leptosiphon androsaceus
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Leptosiphon
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 点地梅状车叶麻, 琳那花
- English
- False babystars
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nellikflokk
Synonyms
- Gilia androsacea (Benth.) Steud.
- Gilia androsacea subsp. eu-androsacea Brand
- Gilia androsacea subsp. montana (Greene) Brand
- Gilia androsacea subsp. serrulata (Greene) Brand
- Gilia androsacea var. detonsa A.Gray
- Gilia jassajarae Brand
- Gilia longituba Benth.
- Gilia longituba subsp. crocea (Milliken) Brand
- Gilia longituba subsp. eu-longituba Brand
- Gilia longituba var. rosacea (Hook.f.) Brand
- Gilia mariposiana (Milliken) Brand
- Gilia micrantha f. longituba (Benth.) Voss
- Gilia micrantha var. longituba (Benth.) A.Gray
- Leptosiphon mariposianus (Milliken) A.Heller
- Linanthus androsaceus (Benth.) Greene
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. androsaceus
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. plaskettii (Eastw.) H.Mason
- Linanthus longitubus (Benth.) A.Heller
- Linanthus mariposianus Milliken
- Linanthus plaskettii Eastw.
- Navarretia ardrosacea (Steud.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: anniesannuals, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.