Leptosiphon nudatus
Leptosiphon nudatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Leptosiphon |
Species: | L. nudatus
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Binomial name | |
Leptosiphon nudatus (Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
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Synonyms | |
Linanthus nudatus |
Leptosiphon nudatus (syn. Linanthus nudatus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tehachapi linanthus.
Distribution[]
It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Tehachapi Mountains and the southern peaks of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in chaparral, woodlands, and other local mountain habitat.
Description[]
This is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The hairy, glandular leaves are partially divided into needle-like linear lobes. The inflorescence is a head of a few flowers with hairy white tubes up to a centimeter long and white or pink corollas about a centimeter wide.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Leptosiphon nudatus (Tehachapi linanthus)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon nudatus[permanent dead link]
- Leptosiphon nudatus in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
Categories:
- Leptosiphon
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Tehachapi Mountains
- Ericales stubs