Leptosiphon septentrionalis
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Leptosiphon septentrionalis (syn.
Linanthus septentrionalis) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family
known by the common name northern linanthus. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern Canadian provinces and the northwestern United States, where it grows in several types of habitat, including sagebrush
and woodland.
is generally made up of a single funnel-shaped flower with a yellow throat and a tiny white or pale blue corolla less than a centimeter wide.
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
Linanthus septentrionalis) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family
Polemoniaceae
Polemoniaceae are a family of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.Only one genus is found in Europe, and two in Asia, where they...
known by the common name northern linanthus. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern Canadian provinces and the northwestern United States, where it grows in several types of habitat, including sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
and woodland.
Description
It is a small annual herb producing a hairy, threadlike stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into tiny threadlike lobes. The inflorescenceInflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is generally made up of a single funnel-shaped flower with a yellow throat and a tiny white or pale blue corolla less than a centimeter wide.