Species: Ipomopsis minutiflora

Small-flower Standing-cypress
Species

    Small-flower Standing-cypress is an annual with a central stem that is 1-3 dm (4-12) tall, and with branches arising from most leaf axils. The alternate stem leaves are up to 3 cm long and are divided into 3 linear segments below, while above they are simple and linear with entire margins. Basal leaves are lacking. Foliage is glabrous to densely glandular. Small flowers are in the upper leaf axils or solitary at the tips of the numerous ultimate branches. The white or pale blue, tubular corolla is 4-7 mm long and flares to 5 lobes with 5 anthers held just beyond the mouth. The calyx is 5-lobed. The fruit is a rounded capsule with 1-3 seeds.

    Source: Encyclopedia of Life

    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Anthophyta
    Class

    Dicotyledoneae

    Order

    Solanales

    Family

    Polemoniaceae

    Genus

    Ipomopsis

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Phlox Family
    Formal Taxonomy
    Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Solanales - Polemoniaceae - Ipomopsis

    Small-flower Standing-cypress is an annual with a central stem that is 1-3 dm (4-12) tall, and with branches arising from most leaf axils. The alternate stem leaves are up to 3 cm long and are divided into 3 linear segments below, while above they are simple and linear with entire margins. Basal leaves are lacking. Foliage is glabrous to densely glandular. Small flowers are in the upper leaf axils or solitary at the tips of the numerous ultimate branches. The white or pale blue, tubular corolla is 4-7 mm long and flares to 5 lobes with 5 anthers held just beyond the mouth. The calyx is 5-lobed. The fruit is a rounded capsule with 1-3 seeds.

    Source: Encyclopedia of Life

    Short General Description
    An annual herb, 1-5 dm tall, with multiply branched, erect stems. White, pink, or lavender flowers bloom late August - early September.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2005-04-12
    Global Status Last Changed
    2005-04-12
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