Leptosiphon nuttallii

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus.

Leptosiphon nuttallii
subsp. pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. nuttallii
Binomial name
Leptosiphon nuttallii
(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Synonyms

Linanthus nuttallii

It is native to much of western North America, including the Western United States from California to New Mexico and Montana, and Northwestern Mexico.[1] It is known from many types of habitat.

It is native to the Klamath Mountains, Northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada in Northern California; and the Inyo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and White Mountains in Southern California.[2]

Description

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes.

The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

References
  1. USDA: 'Leptosiphon nuttallii
  2. Calflora: 'Leptosiphon nuttallii
  3. Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. howellii
  4. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Leptosiphon nuttallii . accessed 2.28.2016.
  5. Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii
  6. Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. pubescens
  7. SWBiodiversity.org: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. tenuilobus
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