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Slendertube skyrocket

Ipomopsis tenuituba

Also called Lavender Gilia

Slendertube skyrocket
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Ipomopsis tenuituba, also known as slendertube skyrocket and slendertube ipomopsis, is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family Polemoniaceae. It is native to much of the western United States from California to Colorado, where it is found on rocky mountain slopes.

Other Ipomopsis plants

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 tenuituba 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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