Leptosiphon bolanderi

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Leptosiphon bolanderi
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L. bolanderi
Binomial name
Leptosiphon bolanderi
(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Synonyms

Linanthus bolanderi
Linanthus bakeri

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Leptosiphon bolanderi (syn. Linanthus bolanderi) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Bolander's linanthus. It is native to the west coast of the United States, where it grows in chaparral, woodland, the Sierra Nevada in California, and other local habitat.

Description

This is an annual herb producing a hairy, threadlike stem no more than about 20 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow needlelike lobes just a few millimeters long. The tip of the stem is occupied by an inflorescence of usually a single flower with a tubular purple or pink throat tinted yellow inside and enclosed in glandular sepals. The corolla has white or pink lobes a few millimeters wide.

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