Linanthus orcuttii

Linanthus orcuttii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Orcutt's linanthus.^[1] It is known only from southern California and Baja California, where it grows in chaparral and pine forests^[2] in the Peninsular Ranges, the Palomar Mountain^[3] and occasionally the San Bernardino Mountains.

Linanthus orcuttii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Linanthus
Species:	L. orcuttii
Binomial name
Linanthus orcuttii (Parry & A.Gray) Jeps.

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

• California montane chaparral and woodlands