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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Leaves simple or compound, cauline (or most in basal rosette), alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cymes, heads, or flowers solitary
Flower: calyx generally 5-ribbed, ribs often connected by translucent membranes that are generally torn by growing fruit; corolla generally 5-lobed, radial or bilateral, salverform to bell-shaped, throat often well defined; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, attached at same or different levels, filaments of same or different lengths, pollen white, yellow, blue, or red; ovary superior, chambers generally 3, style 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: capsule
Seeds 1many, gelatinous or not when wet
Genera in family: 19 genera, 320 species: Am, n Eur, n Asia; some cultivated (Cantua, Cobaea (cup-and-saucer vine), Collomia, Gilia, Ipomopsis, Linanthus, Phlox )
Recent taxonomic note: *See also revised taxonomy of Porter and Johnson 2000 Aliso 19(1):5591; Porter 1998 Aliso 17:8385
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Annual, perennial herb, generally erect
Stem glabrous, hairy, glandular, or cobwebby
Leaves simple, generally alternate; basal generally in rosette, toothed, pinnately lobed, or entire; cauline generally reduced; leaf tips, calyx lobes acute, acuminate, or needle-like
Inflorescence: flowers solitary or clustered, 1many in axils of bracts
Flower: calyx membranous between ribs, membrane splitting or expanding; corolla > calyx, lobes generally ovate
Fruit generally ovoid; chambers 3, valves separating from top
Seeds 3many, brown, generally gelatinous when wet
Species in genus: ± 70 species: w North America, South America
Etymology: (Felipe Gil, 18th century Spanish botanist)
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Stem 312 cm; branches spreading, gland-dotted
Leaves: basal few, rosette 0; lower cauline narrowly oblanceolate, entire or 37-toothed, with white, jointed hairs; upper cauline spreading or recurved, entire, gland-dotted
Inflorescence: flowers 2 per stem; pedicels 311 mm, thread-like, glandular
Flower: calyx lobes acuminate, free nearly to base, membrane bordering lobes to near tip; corolla 79 mm, 23 X calyx, bell-shaped, yellow with white lobes, 2 purple lines below lobes, tube = 1 mm, throat > lobes; stamens attached near base of tube, included; style included
Fruit 23 mm, < calyx
Seeds 78 per chamber, gelatinous when wet
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Open, sandy flats
Elevation: 9002100 m.
Bioregional distribution: East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: Nevada
Flowering time: May
Recent taxonomic note: *Linanthus campanulatus (A. Gray) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
Horticultural information: TRY.