''Ipomopsis tenuituba'', also known as slendertube skyrocket and slendertube ipomopsis, is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family
Polemoniaceae. It is native to much of the western United States from
California to
Colorado, where it is found on rocky mountain slopes.
Description
''Ipomopsis tenuituba'' is a perennial herb producing an erect stem with widely spaced leaves, each 3 to 6 centimeters long and with many narrow, fingerlike lobes. The
inflorescences toward the top of the stem each hold three to seven flowers. The flower is very pale to medium pink, sometimes with white streaks, or solid white. It is a tube 2 to 5 centimeters long, opening into a corolla of five twisting, pointed, ribbonlike lobes. The
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s and
style do not protrude far from the mouth of the flower, if at all. While it is a perennial plant, it dies after its first flowering.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
tenuituba
Flora of the Western United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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