Carried by 2 nurseries
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Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus) is a spectacular drought adapted annual flowering plant. Its most striking feature is its thick swollen yellow stems, which rise from a base of green leaves and look like candles. They can reach 3 feet in height. Small flowers appear on the stem in spring or fall and are reddish-purple.
This is a desert plant that does best in full sun and well-draining soil. It germinates readily from seed and works well in containers.Desert Candle is a great butterfly, moth, and native fly host.
Annual herb
2 ft Tall
Red, Purple, Pink, Yellow
Spring
Full Sun
Extremely Low
Fast
Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Valley Grassland
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Likely
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Angelic Sweat Bee
Agapostemon angelicus
Orange-bellied Sweat Bee
Agapostemon melliventris
Desert Orangetip
Anthocharis cethura
Gray Marble
Anthocharis lanceolata