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Serpentine linanthus

Leptosiphon ambiguus

Also called Ambiguous Leptosiphon, Serpentine Leptosiphon

Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
WC. California
Climate
temperate

About

Leptosiphon ambiguus (syn. Linanthus ambiguus), the serpentine linanthus, is a low annual plant with narrowly lanceolate leaves and a vivid lavender flower. It grows generally in serpentine soils and is an endemic threatened species of the Bay Area in California.

Other Leptosiphon plants

Bristly linanthus · False Babystars · Golden linanthus · True Babystars · Bolander's linanthus · Mojave linanthus · Whiskerbrush · Thread linanthus · Large Flower Linanthus · Lemmon's linanthus · Narrowflower flaxflower · Mustang clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosiphon ambiguus 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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