Leptosiphon rattanii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Leptosiphon rattanii (Rattan's linanthus) (7292897662).jpg
|genus = Leptosiphon
|species = rattanii
|authority = (A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
|synonyms = Linanthus rattanii
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Leptosiphon rattanii (syn. Linanthus rattanii) is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Rattan's linanthus.
It is endemic to California, where it is known only from inner sections of the North Coast Ranges.
It is a small, thin annual herb producing a hairy, glandular stem up to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into tiny threadlike lobes. The inflorescence is generally made up of a single flower with a very thin, hairy, reddish tube over a centimeter long tipped with a flat white corolla with lobes a few millimeters in length.
External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=8954 Calflora Database: Leptosiphon rattanii (Rattan's leptosiphon)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80362 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon rattanii]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Linanthus+rattanii UC CalPhotos gallery: Leptosiphon rattanii]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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