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Leptosiphon Minimus
''Leptosiphon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family. Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus ''Linanthus''. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants. Species include: *'' Leptosiphon acicularis'' - bristly linanthus *'' Leptosiphon ambiguus'' - serpentine linanthus *'' Leptosiphon androsaceus'' - false babystars *''Leptosiphon aureus'' - golden linanthus *'' Leptosiphon bicolor'' - true babystars *'' Leptosiphon bolanderi'' - Bolander's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon breviculus'' - Mojave linanthus *'' Leptosiphon ciliatus'' - whiskerbrush *'' Leptosiphon filipes'' - thread linanthus *''Leptosiphon floribundum'' - manyflower linanthus *'' Leptosiphon grandiflorus'' - largeflower linanthus *''Leptosiphon harknessii'' - Harkness flaxflower *'' Leptosiphon jepsonii'' - Jepson's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon latisectus'' - Coast Range linanthus *'' Leptosiphon lemmonii'' - Lemmon's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon liniflorus'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Aureus
''Leptosiphon aureus'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name golden linanthus. It has been reclassified by the USDA and the Jepson Manual (TJM2) from a binomial nomenclature to two subspecies: ''Leptosiphon aureus'' var. ''aureus'' for the majority of populations, and ''Leptosiphon aureus'' subsp. ''decorus'' for a smaller range of populations. Description ''Leptosiphon aureus'' is an annual herb producing a thin, threadlike stem with occasional leaves divided into narrow needlelike lobes. The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow bristlelike lobes up to a centimeter long. The tip of the stem has an inflorescence of usually a single flower with corolla lobes under a centimeter long. With the two subspecies: ssp. ''aureus'' generally has bright to golden yellow flowers; while ssp. ''decorus'' has white or cream blooms. The bloom period is March to June. Subspecies Two subspecies, currently replacing the binomial sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Harknessii
''Leptosiphon harknessii'' ( syn. ''Linanthus harknessii'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Harkness' flaxflower. Distribution and habitat The plant is native to western North America, from British Columbia south through California, and eastward to Utah and Idaho. It grows in open areas of several coniferous forest habitats, from in elevation. Description ''Leptosiphon harknessii'' is a petite annual herb threadlike stem no more than about 15 centimeters long. The widely spaced leaves are each divided into very narrow linear lobes up to 1.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... at the tip of each branch of the stem is a single tiny flower, white or faintly blue in color, which is rolle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Rattanii
''Leptosiphon rattanii'' ( syn. ''Linanthus rattanii'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Rattan's linanthus. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from inner sections of the North Coast Ranges. It is a small, thin annual herb producing a hairy, glandular stem up to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into tiny threadlike lobes. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is generally made up of a single flower with a very thin, hairy, reddish tube over a centimeter long tipped with a flat white corolla with lobes a few millimeters in length. External linksCalflora Database: ''Leptosiphon rattanii'' (Rattan's leptosiphon) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Pygmaeus
''Leptosiphon pygmaeus'' ( syn. ''Linanthus pygmaeus'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name pygmy linanthus. Distribution It is native across much of California, including the western Sierra Nevada, Central Valley, California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges. It is also native to the California Channel Islands (U.S.), and Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California (México). It can be found below in open or wooded areas in hills, mountains, and valleys, and in many types of habitats including chaparral, oak woodland, grassland, and yellow pine forest. Description ''Leptosiphon pygmaeus'' is a petite annual herb growing high. It has tiny threadlike leaves. The inflorescence is an open array of minute light to deep pink flowers wide, with rich yellow throats. The bloom period is March to July. Subspecies *''Leptosiphon pygmaeus'' subsp. ''continentalis'' — mainland distribution in coastal ranges. *''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Parviflorus
''Leptosiphon parviflorus'' ( syn. ''Linanthus parviflorus'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name variable linanthus. Distribution and habitat The plant is endemic to California, growing from sea level to in elevation. It is widespread and common in many types of habitats, including chaparral, oak woodlands, mixed evergreen forests, and montane coniferous forests. Mountain ranges it is found in include the Sierra Nevada, California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, southern Cascade Range, and Transverse Ranges. It is also native to four of the Channel Islands of California. Description ''Leptosiphon parviflorus'' is an annual herb. As its common name suggests, the plant is variable in appearance. The stem may be just a few centimeters long or up to 25 centimeters in erect height. The leaves are divided into several lobes, often linear in shape, and 1 to 2.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Pachyphyllus
''Leptosiphon pachyphyllus'' ( syn. ''Linanthus pachyphyllus'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family, known by the common name Sierra linanthus. Distribution The plant is endemic to eastern California, where it grows in the Sierra Nevada, and in the Owens Valley and Glass Mountain areas to the east in the Great Basin region. Its habitat is generally open woodland and forest areas, at elevations from . Description ''Leptosiphon pachyphyllus'' is a perennial herb, nearly identical to its relative, '' Leptosiphon nuttallii'', but may grow slightly larger. It produces a hairy stem tall. It is lined with leaves, each divided into five linear lobes. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is a cluster of funnel-shaped white flowers with ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Oblanceolatus
''Leptosiphon oblanceolatus'' ( syn. ''Linanthus oblanceolatus'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Sierra Nevada linanthus. Distribution It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a section of the southern Sierra Nevada. It grows in open meadows of temperate coniferous forest habitats, from in elevation. Description ''Leptosiphon oblanceolatus'' is a small, hairy annual herb producing a thin stem no more than about 12 centimeters tall. The leaves are each divided into widely lance-shaped lobes up to 1.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is a head of small flowers. Each has a narrow white tube about a centimeter long and a yellow-throated white corolla just a few millim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Nuttallii
''Leptosiphon nuttallii'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus. It is native to much of western North America, including the Western United States from California to New Mexico and Montana, and Northwestern Mexico. It is known from many types of habitat. It is native to the Klamath Mountains, Northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada in Northern California; and the Inyo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and White Mountains in Southern California. Description ''Leptosiphon nuttallii'' is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Leptosiphon nuttallii'' ssp. ''howellii'', Mt. Tedoc linanthus — a rare subspeci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Nudatus
''Leptosiphon nudatus'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Linanthus nudatus'') is a species of flowering plant in the Polemoniaceae, phlox family known by the common name Tehachapi linanthus. Distribution It is Endemism, endemic to California, where it is known only from the Tehachapi Mountains and the southern peaks of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada. It grows in chaparral, woodlands, and other local mountain habitat. Description This is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The hairy, glandular leaves are partially divided into needle-like linear lobes. The inflorescence is a head of a few flowers with hairy white tubes up to a centimeter long and white or pink corollas about a centimeter wide. External linksCalflora Database: ''Leptosiphon nudatus'' (Tehachapi linanthus) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Montanus
''Leptosiphon montanus'' ( syn. ''Linanthus montanus'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name mustang clover. Distribution It is endemic to California. It grows in dry openings of oak woodland habitats in the western Sierra Nevada foothills, from in elevation. Description ''Leptosiphon montanus'' is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to 60 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into needle-like linear lobes each 2 or 3 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a head of small but showy flowers. Each flower has a long, hairy, dark red tube up to 3 centimeters long spreading into a flat corolla. The corolla lobes are white or light to deep pink marked with reddish spots at the yellow and white throat. Its bloom period is from April to July. See also * References External linksCalflora Database: ''Leptosiphon montanus'' (Mustang clover) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Minimus
''Leptosiphon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family. Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus ''Linanthus''. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants. Species include: *'' Leptosiphon acicularis'' - bristly linanthus *'' Leptosiphon ambiguus'' - serpentine linanthus *'' Leptosiphon androsaceus'' - false babystars *''Leptosiphon aureus'' - golden linanthus *'' Leptosiphon bicolor'' - true babystars *'' Leptosiphon bolanderi'' - Bolander's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon breviculus'' - Mojave linanthus *'' Leptosiphon ciliatus'' - whiskerbrush *'' Leptosiphon filipes'' - thread linanthus *''Leptosiphon floribundum'' - manyflower linanthus *'' Leptosiphon grandiflorus'' - largeflower linanthus *''Leptosiphon harknessii'' - Harkness flaxflower *'' Leptosiphon jepsonii'' - Jepson's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon latisectus'' - Coast Range linanthus *'' Leptosiphon lemmonii'' - Lemmon's linanthus *'' Leptosiphon liniflorus'' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptosiphon Liniflorus
''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. It grows below , in many types of habitats, including chaparral, oak woodland, grasslands, yellow pine forest, and on serpentine soils. Description ''Leptosiphon liniflorus'' is an annual herb producing a thin stem tall. The leaves are divided into needle-like linear lobes each up to in length. The inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... is an open array of funnel-shaped, with purple-veined white flowers having corolla lobes each up to long. The bloom period is April to June. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |