''Linanthus inyoensis'' (formerly ''Gilia inyoensis'') is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Inyo gilia. It is native to eastern

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and western

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, where it is a common member of the flora in several types of habitat at the western edge of the

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where it meets the

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into the High Sierra Nevada,

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, and White Mountains. ;Description ''Linanthus inyoensis'' is a petite herb, growing up to 10 centimeters tall. Its hair-thin stem glandular on the upper parts and coated in white hairs below. The leaves are just a few millimeters long, oval in shape, sometimes with a few teeth on the edges, and somewhat hairy. The

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generally bears one pair of small, white flowers with tiny

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s protruding from their yellow throats.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Linanthus inyoensis''''Linanthus inyoensis'' — U.C. Photo gallery
inyoensis Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the Great Basin Flora of the California desert regions Natural history of Inyo County, California Natural history of Mono County, California

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Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polemoniaceae-stub