''Ipomopsis spicata'', commonly known as the spiked ipomopsis, is a species of plant in the phlox family. It is native to the western United States, where it is widespread from the western

Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...

to the Uintah Basin, south to New Mexico and north to Montana. It is found in a variety of habitats, from dry lowlands to above the timberline. It is a perennial that produces a cream colored flowers in the spring.

Taxonomy

This species is highly variable through its range. Due to its occupation of many ecologically distinct and geographically isolated habitats, many subspecies and variety have been named. The currently recognized infraspecific taxa are: *''I.'' ''spicata'' ssp. ''capitata'' - endemic to the Collegiate Peaks of Colorado *''I.'' ''spicata'' ssp. ''tridactyla'' - endemic to the Markagunt Plateau of Utah *''I.'' ''spicata'' ssp. ''orchidacea'' **var. ''cephaloidea'' - mountains of Montana and Wyoming **var. ''orchidacea'' - mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming *''I.'' ''spicata'' ssp. ''roburthii'' - endemic to the Absaroka Range of Wyoming *''I.'' ''spicata'' ssp. ''spicata'' - widespread in the Rocky Mountains and western Great Plains

References

spicata Flora of the Western United States Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polemoniaceae-stub