Leptosiphon nuttallii
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L. nuttallii
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Linanthus nuttallii |
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Leptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus. It is native to much of western North America including the western United States and northern Mexico, where it is known from many types of habitat.
Description
This is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat.
Subspecies
There are several subspecies:
- L. n. ssp. howellii, Mt. Tedoc linanthus, is a rare subspecies known from just a few spots deep in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness of northern California
- L. n. ssp. nuttallii is the more widespread subspecies
- L. n. ssp. pubescens is native to the mountains and plateaus of Nevada and California east of the Sierra Nevada
- L. n. ssp. tenuilobus is native to Arizona and New Mexico
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