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Ipomopsis spicata
Ipomopsis spicata, commonly known as the spiked ipomopsis, is a species of plant in the phlox family. It is native to the western United States, where it is widespread from the western Great Plains to the Uintah Basin, south to New Mexico and north to Montana. It is found in a variety of habitats, from dry lowlands to above the timberline.
It is a perennial that produces a cream colored flowers in the spring.
Spiked ipomopsis is native to nine western US states. Its range extends to a few western counties of South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. It likewise is found in just three counties in northern New Mexico, but grows in many parts of eastern Colorado and one county west of the Great Divide. The species is only known in a few counties of Utah, but in widely separated areas. It is widespread in Wyoming, but only grows in western and southern Montana, crossing over the mountains to also grow in Butte County, Idaho.
Scarlet gilia · Arizona ipomopsis · Ballhead ipomopsis · Hoosier Pass ipomopsis · Sanddune ipomopsis · Flaxflowered ipomopsis · Macomb's ipomopsis · Longtube ipomopsis · Manyflowered ipomopsis · Pagosa ipomopsis · Manybranched ipomopsis · Coral ipomopsis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomopsis spicata 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.
