Biology:Leptosiphon breviculus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon breviculus
Leptosiphon breviculus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. breviculus
Binomial name
Leptosiphon breviculus
(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Synonyms
List
  • Gilia brevicula A.Gray
  • Gilia royalis Brand
  • Linanthus androsaceus var. breviculus Milliken
  • Linanthus breviculus Greene
  • Linanthus breviculus subsp. royalis (Brand) H.Mason
  • Navarretia brevicula (A.Gray) Kuntze

Leptosiphon breviculus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Mojave linanthus. It is endemic to California , where it is known from the Mojave Desert and dry spots in the adjacent Transverse Ranges.

It is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. The hairy, oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow needle-like lobes up to a centimeter long. The tip of the stem is occupied by an inflorescence of one or more white, pink, or blue flowers with purple throats, each about a centimeter wide.

The length of the stem is around 10 cm to 25 cm. The characteristics of the leaf are lobes 3mm to 10 mm, linear to lance-linear. Ecology is deserts and dry montane areas. The flowering time of the Leptosiphon breviculus is May—Aug.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528344 entry