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Macomb's ipomopsis

Ipomopsis macombii

Also called Macomb's Skyrocket

Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona to SW. New Mexico and N. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ipomopsis macombii is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. Its common name is Macomb's skyrocket or Macomb's standing-cypress. It is a perennial plant native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Where it grows

It is native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, and to the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico.

Other Ipomopsis plants

Scarlet gilia · Arizona ipomopsis · Ballhead ipomopsis · Hoosier Pass ipomopsis · Sanddune ipomopsis · Flaxflowered ipomopsis · Longtube ipomopsis · Manyflowered ipomopsis · Pagosa ipomopsis · Manybranched ipomopsis · Coral ipomopsis · Standing-cypress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomopsis macombii 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.

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