Baby Stars;  Linanthus bicolor
(also called Leptosiphon bicolor)

Mid Bloomer.  Small red-pink five-petal flowers, low growing.  Thinly divided leaves circle stem at intervals. Notes:  Phlox Family.  Pink flowers with yellow centers, grows in masses in open areas.  The intricacies of the coloring and design most fully appreciated with a magnifying glass.  Linanthus means ‘flax flower.’ Click on species name below to go to USDA for this species. Kingdom Plantae -- Plants     Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants         Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants             Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants                 Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons                     Subclass Asteridae                         Order Solanales                             Family Polemoniaceae -- Phlox family                                 Genus Leptosiphon Benth.                                     Species Leptosiphon bicolor Nutt. -- true babystars

Baby Stars;  Linanthus bicolor

Field of Baby Stars among Long-beaked Storksbill that has gone to seed. You can see how tiny they are by comparing them with the bills.