Leptosiphon harknessii

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Leptosiphon harknessii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. harknessii
Binomial name
Leptosiphon harknessii
Synonyms

Gilia harknessii Curran [2]
Linanthus harknessii
(Curran) Greene [3]

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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 1,000–3,200 metres (3,300–10,500 ft) 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 at the tip of each branch of the stem is a single tiny flower, white or faintly blue in color, which is rolled up into a tube most of the time. The bloom period is June to August.

References

  1. Porter, Mark; Johnson, Leigh (2000). "A phylogenetic classification of Polemoniaceae". Aliso: 55–91 [80]. doi:10.5642/aliso.20001901.06.
  2. Curran, Mary K (1884). "New species of Californian plants". Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. 1 (1): 12–13 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Greene, Edward L (1892). "Some American Polemoniaceae II". Pittonia. 2 (11): 251-260 [255] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.