Leptosiphon nuttallii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Linanthus nuttallii var pubescens 4.jpg
|image_caption = subsp. pubescens
|genus = Leptosiphon
|species = nuttallii
|authority = (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
|synonyms = Linanthus nuttallii
}}
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.[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LENU8 USDA: 'Leptosiphon nuttallii] It is known from many types of habitat.
It is native to the Klamath Mountains, Northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada in Northern California; and the Inyo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and White Mountains in Southern California.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=10060 Calflora: 'Leptosiphon nuttallii]
Description
Leptosiphon nuttallii is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes.
The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat.
=Subspecies=
Subspecies include:
- Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. howellii, Mt. Tedoc linanthus — a rare subspecies known from just a few populations deep within the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in the Klamath Mountains, Northern California.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Leptosiphon+nuttallii+ssp.+howellii Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. howellii] It is California Department of Fish and Wildlife and IUCN listed Endangered species, and is on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/detail/989.html California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Leptosiphon nuttallii] . accessed 2.28.2016.
- Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii — the most widespread subspecies, including in the Cascade Range and Rocky Mountains.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Leptosiphon+nuttallii+ssp.+nuttallii Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii]
- Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. pubescens — endemic to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Great Basin region in California and Nevada.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Leptosiphon+nuttallii+ssp.+pubescens Calflora: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. pubescens]
- Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. tenuilobus — native to Arizona and New Mexico.[http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=Leptosiphon%20nuttallii%20subsp.%20tenuilobus SWBiodiversity.org: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. tenuilobus]
References
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External links
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- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=10060 Calflora Database: Leptosiphon nuttallii (Nuttall's linanthus)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80369 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon nuttallii]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Linanthus+nuttallii UC CalPhotos gallery: Leptosiphon nuttallii]
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Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Great Basin
Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges