Leptosiphon lemmonii

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

Leptosiphon lemmonii (syn. Linanthus lemmonii) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Lemmon's linanthus.^[1]

Leptosiphon lemmonii is native to the San Bernardino Mountains and the Peninsular Ranges in southern California (U.S.) and northern Baja California (México).^[1] It grows below 1,900 metres (6,200 ft), in dry inland chaparral, , the Colorado Desert chaparral ecotone, and Yellow pine forest habitats.^[2]

Description[]

Leptosiphon lemmonii is a small, hairy, glandular annual herb producing a thin stem no more than about 15 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into needle-like linear lobes, each a few millimeters in length.^[2]

The inflorescence is an array of a few small flowers accompanied by bracts shaped much like the leaves. Each flower has lobes only 2 or 3 millimeters long, usually white or cream in color darkening to yellow and orange in the throat, sometimes with maroon areas as well. The bloom period is April to June.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Calflora Database: Leptosiphon lemmonii (Lemmon's linanthus)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon lemmonii^{[permanent dead link]}
• UC CalPhotos gallery — Leptosiphon lemmonii

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