Leptosiphon
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Leptosiphon is a genus of flowering plant
s in the Polemoniaceae
family. Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus
. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plant
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Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the Polemoniaceae
Polemoniaceae
Polemoniaceae are a family of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.Only one genus is found in Europe, and two in Asia, where they...
family. Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus Linanthus
Linanthus
Linanthus is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the phlox family Polemoniaceae. The species are found in western North America and in Chile, with the greatest diversity in California....
. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
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Species include:
- Leptosiphon acicularisLeptosiphon acicularisLeptosiphon acicularis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name bristly linanthus....
- bristly linanthus - Leptosiphon ambiguusLeptosiphon ambiguusLeptosiphon ambiguus , the serpentine linanthus, is a low annual plant with needle-like leaves and a vivid lavender flower. It grows in serpentine soils and is an endemic threatened species of the Bay Area in California....
- serpentine linanthus - Leptosiphon androsaceusLeptosiphon androsaceusLeptosiphon androsaceus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name false babystars...
- false babystars - Leptosiphon aureusLeptosiphon aureusLeptosiphon aureus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name golden linanthus. It is native to the Southwestern United States, Southern California, and northern Mexico...
- golden linanthus - Leptosiphon bicolorLeptosiphon bicolorLeptosiphon bicolor , known as True Babystars, is a low annual flowering plant with clumps of needle-like leaves. Flowers may be white or lavender, hence the name bicolor. It is native to the west coast of North America.-External links:* USDA Plants database * Jepson Manual Online *...
- true babystars - Leptosiphon bolanderiLeptosiphon bolanderiLeptosiphon bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Bolander's linanthus...
- Bolander's linanthus - Leptosiphon breviculusLeptosiphon breviculusLeptosiphon 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...
- Mojave linanthus - Leptosiphon ciliatusLeptosiphon ciliatusLeptosiphon ciliatus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name whiskerbrush. It is native to western North America, including most of California and adjacent areas, where it is a common plant in many types of habitat.-Description:This is a hairy annual herb...
- whiskerbrush - Leptosiphon filipesLeptosiphon filipesLeptosiphon filipes is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name thread linanthus.-Distribution:...
- thread linanthus - Leptosiphon floribundum - manyflower linanthus
- Leptosiphon grandiflorusLeptosiphon grandiflorusLeptosiphon grandiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name large-flower linanthus....
- largeflower linanthus - Leptosiphon harknessiiLeptosiphon harknessiiLeptosiphon harknessii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Harkness' flaxflower...
- Harkness flaxflower - Leptosiphon jepsonii - Jepson's linanthus
- Leptosiphon latisectus - Coast Range linanthus
- Leptosiphon lemmoniiLeptosiphon lemmoniiLeptosiphon lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Lemmon's linanthus.It is native to the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California, and to Baja California...
- Lemmon's linanthus - Leptosiphon liniflorusLeptosiphon liniflorusLeptosiphon liniflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name narrowflower flaxflower....
- narrowflower flaxflower - Leptosiphon minimus - babystars
- Leptosiphon montanusLeptosiphon montanusLeptosiphon montanus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name mustang clover.-Description:...
- mustang clover - Leptosiphon nudatusLeptosiphon nudatusLeptosiphon nudatus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tehachapi linanthus.-Distribution:...
- Tehachapi linanthus - Leptosiphon nuttalliiLeptosiphon nuttalliiLeptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus...
- Nuttall's linanthus - Leptosiphon oblanceolatusLeptosiphon oblanceolatusLeptosiphon oblanceolatus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Sierra Nevada linanthus.-Distribution:...
- Sierra Nevada linanthus - Leptosiphon pachyphyllusLeptosiphon pachyphyllusLeptosiphon pachyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Sierra linanthus.-Distribution:...
- Sierra linanthus - Leptosiphon parviflorusLeptosiphon parviflorusLeptosiphon parviflorus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name variable linanthus.-Distribution:...
- variable linanthus - Leptosiphon pygmaeusLeptosiphon pygmaeusLeptosiphon pygmaeus is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name pygmy linanthus.-Distribution:...
- pygmy linanthus - Leptosiphon rattaniiLeptosiphon rattaniiLeptosiphon rattanii is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Rattan's linanthus....
- Rattan linanthus - Leptosiphon septentrionalisLeptosiphon septentrionalisLeptosiphon septentrionalis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name northern linanthus...
- northern linanthus - Leptosiphon serrulatusLeptosiphon serrulatusLeptosiphon serrulatus is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Madera linanthus...
- Madera linanthus