Biology:Collomia linearis

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Short description: Plant species in the phlox family

Collomia linearis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Collomia
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Collomia linearis
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]

Collomia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names tiny trumpet and slenderleaf collomia.[2] This tiny wildflower is native to North America, where it is fairly widespread across the north and west.[2] It is an annual herb, rarely exceeding 30 centimetres (12 in) in height,[3] with a velvety erect stem bearing long, narrow green leaves. Atop the stem is a cluster of up to 20 white or light pink flowers, each about a centimeter across. Each has five small rounded petals and stamens tipped with anthers bearing white pollen.

Taxonomy

Collomia linearis was given its scientific name in 1818 by Thomas Nuttall. It is part of the genus Collomia which is classified in the Polemoniaceae family. The species has no accepted varieties, but has five among its 21 synonyms as well as 10 forms of this species or mistakenly described as part of other species.[1]

Table of Synonyms
Name Year Rank Notes
Collomia lanceolata Greene ex Brand 1907 species = het.
Collomia linearis var. boulderensis Daniels 1911 variety = het.
Collomia linearis var. congesta Lunell 1916 variety = het.
Collomia linearis var. humilis Brand 1907 variety = het.
Collomia linearis var. picta Lunell 1908 variety = het.
Collomia linearis var. subulata (A.Gray) A.Gray 1870 variety = het.
Collomia tinctoria var. subulata (A.Gray) Brand 1907 variety = het.
Gilia linearis (Nutt.) A.Gray 1882 species ≡ hom.
Gilia linearis var. subulata A.Gray 1886 variety = het.
Hoitzia linearis Spreng. 1824 species = het.
Navarretia linearis (Nutt.) Kuntze 1891 species ≡ hom.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym ; = heterotypic synonym

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 POWO (2026). "Collomia linearis Nutt." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/63330-2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Collomia linearis". http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Collomia+linearis. Retrieved 2013-10-20. 
  3. Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) (in en). Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 110. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726. 
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