EcoFlora - Linanthus

Linanthus
Family: Polemoniaceae Liz Makings	VPAP Resources CANOTIA (2005) PLANT: Annuals or perennials; stems simple to much branched, erect to decumbent, leafy. LEAVES: motsly opposite, sometimes alternate above, simple to deeply palmately lobed, the lobes confluent with the rachis, linear, flat to terete, acute to weakly spinulose. INFLORESCENCE: terminal and compact or axillary, glabrous to glandular. FLOWERS: sessile to short pedicelled, actinomorphic; calyx tube membranes ruptured or distended in fruit, the lobes equal, linear to attenuate, often mucronate; corolla white to yellow or lavender, sometimes bluish; stamens equally inserted on the corolla throat or tube; anthers exserted or included; filaments equal in length; style included to exserted. CAPSULE: ovoid to oblong; seeds 1-several per locule. NOTES: Ca. 24 spp. in w N. Amer. (Greek: linon = flax + anthos = flower). REFERENCES: Dieter H. Wilken and J. Mark Porter, 2005, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Polemoniaceae. CANOTIA 1: 1-37.
Species within checklist: Sage-Grouse Preferred Forbs, NV \|\| << 51 - 66 taxa >> Linanthus pachyphyllus Map not Available Linanthus pacificus Images not available Map not Available Linanthus parryae Map not Available Linanthus parviflorus Map not Available Linanthus pharnaceoides Map not Available Linanthus plaskettii Map not Available Linanthus pungens Map not Available Linanthus pygmaeus Map not Available Linanthus rattanii Map not Available Linanthus rosaceus Map not Available Linanthus septentrionalis Map not Available Linanthus serrulatus Map not Available Linanthus tularensis Images not available Map not Available Linanthus uncialis Map not Available Linanthus veatchii Map not Available Linanthus watsonii Map not Available