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Ipomopsis aggregata
Also called Skyrocket, Scarlet Skyrocket, Skyrocket Gilia, Scarlet Trumpet
Ipomopsis aggregata is a species of biennial flowering plant in the phlox family, Polemoniaceae, commonly known as scarlet skyrocket, scarlet gilia, or skyrocket.
Ipomopsis aggregata is native to western North America, growing mainly in mountains in the west-central to western regions and ranging from British Columbia to Mexico. In Mexico subspecies carmenensis grows in the state of Coahuila while subspecies formosissima grows in Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Sonora.
In the traditional medicine of the Sahaptin people tribes boiled scarlet skyrocket is boiled to produce a drink for kidney health.
Arizona ipomopsis · Ballhead ipomopsis · Hoosier Pass ipomopsis · Sanddune ipomopsis · Flaxflowered ipomopsis · Macomb's ipomopsis · Longtube ipomopsis · Manyflowered ipomopsis · Pagosa ipomopsis · Manybranched ipomopsis · Coral ipomopsis · Standing-cypress
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomopsis aggregata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
