Leptosiphon lemmonii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Leptosiphonlemmonii.jpg
|genus = Leptosiphon
|species = lemmonii
|authority = (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
|synonyms = Linanthus lemmonii
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Leptosiphon lemmonii (syn. Linanthus lemmonii) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Lemmon's linanthus.{{cite web |url=http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Leptosiphon+lemmonii |website=Calflora |title=Leptosiphon lemmonii (Lemmon's linanthus)}}
Leptosiphon lemmonii is native to the San Bernardino Mountains and the Peninsular Ranges in southern California (U.S.) and northern Baja California (México). It grows below {{convert|1900|m|ft}}, in dry inland chaparral, oak woodlands, the Colorado Desert chaparral ecotone, and Yellow pine forest habitats.{{cite web |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80376 |website=Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) |title=Leptosiphon lemmonii}}
Description
Leptosiphon lemmonii is a small, hairy, glandular annual herb producing a thin stem no more than about 15 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into needle-like linear lobes, each a few millimeters in length.
The inflorescence is an array of a few small flowers accompanied by bracts shaped much like the leaves. Each flower has lobes only 2 or 3 millimeters long, usually white or cream in color darkening to yellow and orange in the throat, sometimes with maroon areas as well. The bloom period is April to June.
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External links
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Linanthus+lemmonii UC CalPhotos gallery — Leptosiphon lemmonii]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Colorado Desert
Category:San Bernardino Mountains
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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