Biology:Leptosiphon rattanii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Leptosiphon rattanii
Leptosiphon rattanii (Rattan's linanthus) (7292897662).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. rattanii
Binomial name
Leptosiphon rattanii
(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Synonyms

Linanthus rattanii

Leptosiphon rattanii (syn. Linanthus rattanii) is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Rattan's linanthus.

It is endemic to California , where it is known only from inner sections of the North Coast Ranges.

It is a small, thin annual herb producing a hairy, glandular stem up to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into tiny threadlike lobes. The inflorescence is generally made up of a single flower with a very thin, hairy, reddish tube over a centimeter long tipped with a flat white corolla with lobes a few millimeters in length.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528362 entry