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Nuttall's linanthus

Leptosiphon nuttallii

Nuttall's linanthus
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. U.S.A., Mexico (S. Baja California)
Climate
temperate

About

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus.

It is native to much of western North America, including the Western United States from California to New Mexico and Montana, and Northwestern Mexico. It is known from many types of habitat.

Where it grows

Leptosiphon nuttallii is native to northwestern Mexico and the western United States. In Mexico it grows in Baja California Sur in the Sierra de la Laguna mountains at the southern end of the Baja Peninsula. It also is known from the state of Sonora. In the United States it is widespread, growing in all the southwestern states as far east as New Mexico and the northwestern US as far north Washington and Montana.

Other Leptosiphon plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosiphon nuttallii 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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