Leptosiphon nuttallii

Leptosiphon nuttallii
subsp. pubescens
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Leptosiphon
Species:
L. nuttallii
Binomial name
Leptosiphon nuttallii
(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson
Synonyms[2]
  • Gilia nuttallii
  • Leptodactylon nuttallii
  • Linanthastrum nuttallii
  • Linanthus nuttallii
  • Navarretia nuttallii
  • Siphonella nuttallii

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Nuttall's linanthus.

It is native to much of western North America, including the Western United States from California to New Mexico and Montana, and Northwestern Mexico.[3] It is known from many types of habitat.

It is native to the Klamath Mountains, Northern California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada in Northern California; and the Inyo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and White Mountains in Southern California.[4]

Description

Leptosiphon nuttallii is a perennial herb producing a patch of small, hairy stems up to about 20 centimeters tall. Each leaf is divided into usually five very narrow, needlelike lobes.

The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers, each with white corolla lobes about half a centimeter long each joined at a yellowish throat.

Taxonomy

Leptosiphon nuttallii was scientifically described in 1870 by Asa Gray as a species of Gilia named Gilia nuttallii. It was moved several times by various botanists before being placed in the Leptosiphon genus in 2000 by James Mark Porter and Leigh Alma Johnson. Along with the rest of its genus it is classified in the Polemoniaceae family.[5]

Subspecies

According to Plants of the World Online three subspecies are accepted:

Leptosiphon nuttallii has 18 synonyms of the species or its three subspecies, including six species names.[12]

Table of Synonyms
Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes
Gilia nuttallii A.Gray 1870 species L. nuttallii ≡ hom.
Gilia nuttallii var. arida Brand 1921 variety subsp. nuttallii = het.
Gilia nuttallii var. floribunda Munz 1935 variety subsp. nuttallii = het.
Gilia nuttallii subvar. floribunda Brand 1907 subvariety subsp. nuttallii = het.
Gilia nuttallii var. montana Brand 1907 variety subsp. nuttallii = het.
Gilia nuttallii var. parviflora Brand 1907 variety subsp. nuttallii = het.
Leptodactylon nuttallii Rydb. 1906 species subsp. nuttallii = het.
Leptosiphon nuttallii var. howellii (T.W.Nelson & R.Patt.) Tiehm 2023 variety subsp. howellii ≡ hom.
Leptosiphon nuttallii var. pubescens (R.Patt.) Tiehm 2023 variety subsp. pubescens ≡ hom.
Linanthastrum nuttallii (A.Gray) Ewan 1942 species L. nuttallii ≡ hom.
Linanthastrum nuttallii subsp. pubescens (R.Patt.) D.W.Taylor 2010 subspecies subsp. pubescens ≡ hom.
Linanthastrum nuttallii var. pubescens (R.Patt.) Cronquist 1984 variety subsp. pubescens ≡ hom.
Linanthus nuttallii (A.Gray) Greene ex Milliken 1904 species L. nuttallii ≡ hom.
Linanthus nuttallii subsp. howellii T.W.Nelson & R.Patt. 1985 subspecies subsp. howellii ≡ hom.
Linanthus nuttallii subsp. pubescens R.Patt. 1977 subspecies subsp. pubescens ≡ hom.
Linanthus nuttallii subsp. tenuilobus R.Patt. 1977 subspecies subsp. nuttallii = het.
Navarretia nuttallii (A.Gray) Kuntze 1891 species L. nuttallii ≡ hom.
Siphonella nuttallii (A.Gray) A.Heller 1912 species L. nuttallii ≡ hom.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym

Names

The species name, nuttallii, is the Latinized surname of the naturalist Thomas Nuttall.[13] Leptosiphon nuttallii is known by the common names buslty desert-gold,[1] bushy leptosiphon,[14] and Nuttall's linanthus.[15]

Range

Leptosiphon nuttallii is native to northwestern Mexico and the western United States.[5] In Mexico it grows in Baja California Sur in the Sierra de la Laguna mountains at the southern end of the Baja Peninsula.[16] It also is known from the state of Sonora.[17] In the United States it is widespread, growing in all the southwestern states as far east as New Mexico and the northwestern US as far north Washington and Montana.[15]

References

Citations

Sources

books

  • Heil, Kenneth D.; O'Kane, Steve L. Jr.; Reeves, Linda Mary; Clifford, Arnold (2013). Flora of the Four Corners Region: Vascular Plants of the San Juan River Drainage, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah (First ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-1-930723-84-9. ISSN 0161-1542. LCCN 2012949654. OCLC 859541992. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  • Wiese, Karen (2013). Sierra Nevada Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Shrubs of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks (Second ed.). Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon. ISBN 978-0-7627-8034-1. OCLC 1298400058. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  • Wiggins, Ira L. (1980). Flora of Baja California. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1016-9. OCLC 6284257. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

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