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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
Stem generally erect, generally branched from base
Leaves cauline, opposite, entire or palmately 39-lobed; lobes linear to narrowly lanceolate or spoon-shaped
Inflorescence head-like, open, or flower solitary; bracts leaf-like; flowers sessile or pedicelled
Flower: calyx tubular, or lobes nearly free, bordered by translucent membrane; corolla funnel-shaped, salverform, or bell-shaped; stamens attached at same level, pollen yellow
Species in genus: 41 species: w North America, Chile
Etymology: (Greek: flax flower)
Reference: [Patterson 1977 Madroño 24:3648]
Native |
Perennial, hairy
Stems many, 1020 cm
Leaf: lobes generally 5, linear
Inflorescence: cluster, terminal, bracted; flowers generally sessile
Flower: calyx 89 mm, membrane generally obscure, 1/2 calyx length; corolla funnel-shaped, tube included in calyx, white or light yellow, throat yellow, lobes 45 mm, white; stamens included or slightly exserted; stigmas slightly exserted
Ecology: Dry flats, openings in forest, sometimes on serpentine
Elevation: 5003500 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, Warner Mountains, East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Rocky Mtns, n Mexico
Generally self-pollinated
Recent taxonomic note: *Leptosiphon nuttallii (A. Gray) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
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Native |
Leaf: lobes 510 mm, green, nearly glabrous to moderately hairy
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Open areas in forests
Elevation: 5002200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, Warner Mountains
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Rocky Mtns, n Mexico
Recent taxonomic note: *Leptosiphon nuttallii (A. Gray) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson subsp. nuttallii