Leptosiphon liniflorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Leptosiphon |
| Species: | L. liniflorus
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Leptosiphon liniflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name narrowflower flaxflower.
It is native to the western United States from Washington and Idaho, through Oregon and Nevada, and across California.[1] It grows below 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), in many types of habitats, including chaparral, oak woodland, grasslands, yellow pine forest, and on serpentine soils.[2]
Description
[edit]Leptosiphon liniflorus is an annual herb producing a thin stem 10–50 centimetres (3.9–19.7 in) tall. The leaves are divided into needle-like linear lobes each up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in length.
The inflorescence is an open array of funnel-shaped, with purple-veined white flowers having corolla lobes each up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. The bloom period is April to June.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Leptosiphon liniflorus (Narrowflower flaxflower)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon liniflorus
- UC CalPhotos gallery: Leptosiphon liniflorus
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- Leptosiphon
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Polemoniaceae stubs