Linanthus
Family: Polemoniaceae
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Liz Makings
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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 inventory project: Intermountain Regional Herbarium Network
Linanthus arenicola
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Linanthus bicolor
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Linanthus bigelovii
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Linanthus demissus
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Linanthus dichotomus
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Linanthus nuttallii
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Linanthus parryae
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Linanthus pharnaceoides
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Linanthus pungens
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Linanthus septentrionalis
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Linanthus watsonii
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