Leptosiphon nudatus
| Leptosiphon nudatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Leptosiphon |
| Species: | L. nudatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptosiphon nudatus (Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
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| Synonyms | |
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Linanthus nudatus | |
Leptosiphon nudatus (syn. Linanthus nudatus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tehachapi linanthus.
Distribution
It is
Sierra Nevada. It grows in chaparral
, woodlands, and other local mountain habitat.
Description
This is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The hairy, glandular leaves are partially divided into needle-like linear lobes. The inflorescence is a head of a few flowers with hairy white tubes up to a centimeter long and white or pink corollas about a centimeter wide.
External links
- Calflora Database: Leptosiphon nudatus (Tehachapi linanthus)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Leptosiphon nudatus
- Leptosiphon nudatus in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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