''Ipomopsis arizonica'' (Arizona firecracker or Arizona ipomopsis) is a
flowering plant in the family
Polemoniaceae, native to the mountains of the
Mojave Desert sky islands from southeastern
California east through southern
Nevada to
northern Arizona, growing at 1500–3100 meters in elevation. It is found in rocky places in the desert, as well as washes.
Description
''Ipomopsis arizonica'' is a monocarpic
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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perennial plant, dying after flowering and producing seeds. It grows from 10 to 30 cm tall, with pinnately lobed
leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
3–5 cm long with 7–11 lobes. The
flowers are produced 5–13 on a one-sided spike, each flower tubular, 1 to 2 centimeters long, with five corolla lobes each up to a centimeter long; they are bright red, and pollinated by
hummingbirds.
References
* Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, p. 119
External links
Jepson Flora Project: ''Ipomopsis arizonica''''Ipomopsis arizonica'' – Photo gallery
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arizonica
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the California desert regions
North American desert flora
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Flora without expected TNC conservation status