Leptodactylon californicum

Prickly Phlox, Leptodactylon californicum, is a subshrub, 1-3 ft tall. Flowers are very Fragrant and bright pink. Native from San Luis Obispo Co. to Los Angeles. Needs full sun and excellent drainage or it will rot. It wants little or no summer water. It is cold tolerant to 5 deg. or less. Stunning spring color, a dry pokey nasty thing in summer. This is a great plant if you have no soil, no water and your yard is like an oven (I'm sure I'm not the only one). Sprinkle seeds out in the fall on bare soil in places you are not going to need to be crawling around in later, you can't really get water too and you want some color.