Linanthus orcuttii
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|species = orcuttii
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Linanthus orcuttii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Orcutt's linanthus.{{cite book |title=Draft Land Management Plan: 1 Angeles National Forest strategy. 2 Cleveland National Forest strategy. 3 Los Padres National Forest strategy. 4 San Bernardino National Forest strategy |date=2004 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region |page=39 |url=https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/Draft_Land_Management_Plan_1_Angeles_Nat/OrVzbA6L8pYC?hl=en |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=en}} It is known only from southern California and Baja California, where it grows in chaparral and pine forests{{cite book |last1=Stephenson |first1=John R. |title=Southern California Mountains and Foothills Assessment: Habitat and Species Conservation Issues |date=1999 |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station |page=315 |url=https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/Southern_California_Mountains_and_Foothi/QvdF8alRMM4C?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=en}} in the Peninsular Ranges, the Palomar Mountain{{cite book |last1=Jepson |first1=Willis Linn |title=A Flora of California |date=1939 |publisher=Associated Students Store, University of California |page=212 |url=https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/A_Flora_of_California/ZykiAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=en}} and occasionally the San Bernardino Mountains.
Description
Linanthus orcuttii is a petite annual herb producing short, hairy stems no more than about 10 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into hairy, needlelike lobes several millimeters long. The inflorescence is a small cluster of funnel-shaped flowers with thin, tubular throats opening into corollas barely over a centimeter wide. The flower may be white or shades of blue-purple to pink, with yellow and white throats streaked with tiny purple lines.
See also
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Linanthus+orcuttii Calflora Database: Linanthus orcuttii (Orcutt's linanthus)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=31067 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Linanthus orcuttii]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Linanthus+orcuttii UC Photos gallery — Linanthus orcuttii]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:San Bernardino Mountains
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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