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Aliciella monoensis

Coll. No. 580 Aliciella monoensis near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Scanned 19 December 2013.

Coll. No. 580, 7 Jul 2009, characters observed: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Short stalked glandular, sand encrusted; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, 16 mm. × 3 mm. wide, cauline, alternate, simple, not bristle-tipped; Calyx, lobes 5, equal, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 1.0 mm. = 2.5 mm.; Corolla, tube 2.5 mm. + throat 3.0 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. = 7.0 mm., throat widened near mouth, lobes ovate-acuminate; Style, 3 mm., persistent; Fruit, ellipsoid; Seeds, not gelatinous when wet.

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Coll. No. 580 Aliciella monoensis near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Scanned 19 December 2013.

Coll. No. 580, 7 Jul 2009, characters observed: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Short stalked glandular, sand encrusted; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, 16 mm. × 3 mm. wide, cauline, alternate, simple, not bristle-tipped; Calyx, lobes 5, equal, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 1.0 mm. = 2.5 mm.; Corolla, tube 2.5 mm. + throat 3.0 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. = 7.0 mm., throat widened near mouth, lobes ovate-acuminate; Style, 3 mm., persistent; Fruit, ellipsoid; Seeds, not gelatinous when wet.

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Type of Aliciella monoensis

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  • A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: near Farringtons.

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Aliciella pinnatifida

Coll. No. 1903, Aliciella pinnatifida

Photographed 25 November 2018.

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Coll. No. 1741, Aliciella pinnatifida

Photographed 8 January 2018.

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Collomia linearis

Coll. No. 2590.4, Collomia linearis

Photographed 11 December 2021.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Collomia linearis Nutt.  Tiny Trumpet.

North Fork West Tennessee Creek, Lake County, Colorado. About 300 m. east of Lily Lake, along Pike-San Isabel Forest Road 131, 2.6 road miles west of US Highway 24, 140 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.3521°N, 106.3655°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3225 m. Dry rocky opening in lodgepole pine forest. Also collected here: Spergularia rubra and Androsace septentrionalis. One of six little annuals collected here. Appears to be first Lake County collection.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2590.4 13-Jul-2021

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Obs. No. 3759, Collomia linearis.

Photographed 12 July 2024.

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Coll. No. 713, Collomia linearis

Microphotograph made 19 Nov 2011.

Calyx lobes that have become papery at upper left, capsule at lower left, and the three seeds that were in the capsule at lower right. Scale marks in millimeters.

Coll. No. 713, 19 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem simple, unbranched; Leaves linear, 20-25 mm; Calyx membrane 0, lobes growing with capsule, becoming papery with age; Corolla white, 6-9 mm;

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Coll. No. 713, Collomia linearis

Scanned 19 Nov 2011.

Coll. No. 713, 19 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem simple, unbranched; Leaves linear, 20-25 mm; Calyx membrane 0, lobes growing with capsule, becoming papery with age; Corolla white, 6-9 mm.

Collection made near Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California.

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Eriastrum diffusum

Coll. No. 616, Eriastrum diffusum

Scanned 29 Sep 2011. Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Collection was made in Wildrose Canyon, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 616, 27 June 2010, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, alternate, pinnately-lobed, lobes 5; Calyx, membrane not spout-like; Corolla, tube 6 mm. + throat 1 mm. + lobes 4 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, lobes lavender, lobe tips > stamens; Stamens attached well below corolla sinus, unequal, exserted < ½ length of corolla lobes; Anthers exserted.

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Eriastrum eremicum eremicum

Coll. No. 564Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Collection made near Garlock, San Bernardino County, California.

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Coll. No. 285, Eriastrum eremicum near Pinto Mountain.

Photograph taken May 25, 2001 on the telephone road just south of Pinto Mountain.

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Location of Collection No. 564, Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Photograph taken April 25, 2009.

Location is near Garlock, on Garlock Road at Charley Road, San Bernardino County, California.

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Coll. No. 564 Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

Collection made near Garlock, San Bernardino County, California.

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Coll. No. 90, Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Scanned 10 January 2013.

Collection made at Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California.

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Eriastrum signatum

Coll. No. 481, Eriastrum signatum

The grid spacing is 1/4 inch.

Coll. No. 481, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Annual, not glandular; Corolla lobes blue, throat 4 mm, lobes 1 mm; Stamens attached at corolla sinus, equal (differentiates from E. wilcoxi), exserted < 1/2 corolla lobes; Anthers exserted.

Collection was made at Coyote Spring, Mono County, Califoria.

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Coll. No. 481, Eriastrum signatum

The grid spacing is 1/4" horizontally.

Coll. No. 481, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Annual, not glandular; Corolla lobes blue, throat 4 mm, lobes 1 mm; Stamens attached at corolla sinus, equal (differentiates from E. wilcoxi), exserted < 1/2 corolla lobes; Anthers exserted.

Collection was made at Coyote Spring, Mono County, California.

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Eriastrum sparsiflorum

Coll. No. 117, Eriastrum sparsiflorum

Scanned 12 January 2013.

Collection was made at Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California.

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Coll. No. 117, Eriastrum sparsiflorum

Scanned 12 January 2013.

Top: corolla, showing stamens equal. Lower right: calyx, showing that two of the lobes are slightly larger than the other three. Lower left: bract, showing more lobes that than the leaves.

Collection was made at Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California.

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Eriastrum wilcoxii

Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii at Black Point.

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch, scanned 11 April 2010.

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Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii at Black Point.

Grid is 10 x 10 to the inch, scanned 11 April 2010.

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Coll. No. 725, Eriastrum wilcoxii

Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

Collected at lower Rush Creek, Mono County, California.

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Coll. No. 725, Eriastrum wilcoxii

Scanned 24 Oct 2011.

Collected at lower Rush Creek, Mono County, California.

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Gilia

Coll. No. 4.1, Gilia

Photographed 2 January 2013.

Keys like a large G. minor, but fine details of corolla throat markings have faded.

Collected at the southern end of the Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, Califoria.

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Gilia aliquanta aliquanta

Collection No. 451, Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta, from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 21-Jan-06.

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Coll. No. 451, Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta

Scanned 11 January 2013.

Coll. No. 451, keyed 11 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, from stout taproot, to 15 cm.; Leaves basal and cauline, Basal leaves, pinnate lobed, sharp pointed, hairs non-glandular; Cauline leaves, different, terminal leaflet > lateral leaflet; Pedicel 1-8 mm. (with open flowers); Calyx 2.5 mm., nearly glabrous, some purple color (faded), fused membraneous, puffed (hard to see on pressed surfaces, look on unpressed sides of calices); Stamens = corolla lobes; Seeds >1 per chamber, light brown (greenish), gelatinous when wet.

Collected in the Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

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Gilia brecciarum brecciarum

Coll. No. 774, Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum

Photograph taken 20 June 2011.

Collection made between lobes of the Horshoe Canyon moraine, three miles north of June Lake, Mono County, California.

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Coll. No. 774, Gilia brecciarum var. brecciarum

Scanned 23 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 774, 23 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual 10-20 cm; Stem scapose (as opposed to leafy); Leaves basal 25 mm x 7 mm wide, deeply pinnately lobed, lobes pointed but not bristly, petiole winged, cobwebby hairs, not glandular, cauline reduced above, 6 mm, alternate, expanded at base, with glandular trichomes and few hairs; Infloresence open; Flowers in heads of 2-3; Calyx lobes equal, membranous between the segments; Corolla long funnelform not quite salverform, 10 mm, 2 x calyx, throat yellow, wider than tube, exserted from calyx, lobes < tube, pink at center to purple at edges; Seeds > 1 / chamber, gelatinous when wet.

Difficult to key, various keys will easily go to Aliciella leptomeria and Allophyllum giliodes, but repeated careful working led to Gilia brecciarum. Makes me think that all the collections of these three taxa in the Mono Basin should be reviewed.

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Coll. No. 957, Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum

Scanned on Groundhog's Day, 2 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 957, 22 May 2014, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 12 cm.; Stem, lower white cobwebby hairs below middle, branches spreading; Leaves, mostly basal, petiole 12 mm. + blade 14 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, deeply pinnately-lobed, some lobes 2-pinnate, axis 1.7 mm. wide, lobes to 2.5 mm., tips pointed but not bristle-tipped, hairs eglandular, cauline, expanded lobed at base; Inflorescence, not dense, flowers not in heads, pedicelled, glands long- stalked; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. = 4.5 mm., membrane narrow in flower; Corolla, radial, funnel-shaped, tube 2.5 mm. + throat 2 mm. + lobes 2 mm. = 6.5 mm., i.e., lobes < tube, white + purple + yellow with purple streaks + white/purple; Style, not persistent; Fruit < calyx; Seeds, 2 per chamber, ±green, gelatinous when wet.

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Basal and mid-cauline leaf of Coll. No. 957, Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum

Scanned on3 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 957, 22 May 2014, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 12 cm.; Stem, lower white cobwebby hairs below middle, branches spreading; Leaves, mostly basal, petiole 12 mm. + blade 14 mm. × 5.5 mm. wide, deeply pinnately-lobed, some lobes 2-pinnate, axis 1.7 mm. wide, lobes to 2.5 mm., tips pointed but not bristle-tipped, hairs eglandular, cauline, expanded lobed at base; Inflorescence, not dense, flowers not in heads, pedicelled, glands long- stalked; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. = 4.5 mm., membrane narrow in flower; Corolla, radial, funnel-shaped, tube 2.5 mm. + throat 2 mm. + lobes 2 mm. = 6.5 mm., i.e., lobes < tube, white + purple + yellow with purple streaks + white/purple; Style, not persistent; Fruit < calyx; Seeds, 2 per chamber, ±green, gelatinous when wet.

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Gilia cana

Collection No. 444, Gilia cana, from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Collection No. 444, Gilia cana, from the Mesquite Mountains

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Coll. No. 444, Gilia cana

Scanned 11 January 2013.

Coll. No. 444, keyed 11 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual from stout tap root, green, photosynthetic; Leaves alternate, largest 1 cm. wide, oblanceolate, pinnate-divided; Inflorescence open, not coiled, not unrolling, parts in 5s; Pedicels 1-3 mm., axillary pedicels > calyx; Calyx lobes 5, 3 mm., tips pointed but not bristly, lobes fused by thin translucent membrane; Corolla tube (purple) 6 mm., + throat (yellow, wider near mouth) 3 mm. + lobes (5, equal, truncate acuminate) 5 mm = 14 mm.; Ovary 1, entire, style clearly attached to top; Stigmas 3; Stamens 5, alternate, = corolla lobes, all fertile; Filaments free, fused to corolla at base of lobes; Seeds not gelatinous when wet (per Aliciella). must be gelatinous when wet and I did not recognize it.

Collection made near Winters Pass, Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, CA.

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Gilia inconspicua

Coll. No. 389, Gilia inconspicua

Scanned 3 January 2013.

Collected near Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Coll. No. 389, Gilia inconspicua

Scanned 3 January 2013.

Collected near Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Coll. No. 391, Gilia inconspicua

Scanned 3 January 2013.

Collected near Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Gilia ophthalmoides

Distribution of Gilia ophthalmoides in western North America.

Generated 27 October 2023.

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  • Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Gilia ophthalmoides.

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Coll. No. 2924, Gilia ophthalmoides

Photographed 27 October 2023.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Gilia ophthalmoides Brand.  Pinyon Gilia.

Magpie Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. On the ridge between Magpie and Nightbird gulches, along a social and/or game trail, 430 m. northwest of the gate to the parcel, 2.48 km. west northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7613°N, 105.2421°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1898 m. Plant slightly sticky, lower stem with arachnoid, cottony hairs, tube and throat extended 3 mm. when dry, corolla throat yellow, petals abaxial purple, adaxial white. Exposed ridge with Cercocarpus montanus the dominant shrub. Uncommon; there are only six other collections within 15 km.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with Cindy Trujillo 2924. 22-May-2023

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Coll. No. 283, Gilia ophthalmoides

Scanned 4 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 283, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, mostly basal, much reduced above, basal deeply pinnately lobed, cobwebby hairs, lobes bristle-tipped, cauline alternate, not clasping or expanded at base; Pedicel slightly glandular, adjacent pedicels unequal; Calyx membraneous between lobes, few glands and hairs, lobes not bristle-tipped; Corolla, tube 7 mm. + yellow throat 2 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 12 mm.; Stamens, slightly exserted, not exceeding lobes; Fruit, ovoid, 4.5 mm.

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Gilia sp.

Gilia sp. above Lee Canyon in the Spring Mountains.

Elevation, about 9,000 feet.

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  • Nevada State Route 156: 33000.

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Tiny Gilia found at Wild Horse Mesa.

Photograph taken April 24, 2001. My collection #283.

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Ipomopsis aggregata

Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Ipomopsis aggregata attenuata

Coll. No. 1953, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. attenuata

Photographed 26 December 2018.

Coll. No. 1953, 20 June 2018, characters observed: Calyx, tube 2.5-3.0 mm. + lobes 3.5-4.0 mm.; Corolla, filiform, tube 20 mm. × 1 mm. wide flaring gradually to 3 mm. + lobes 7.5-8.0 mm.; Anthers, close to orfice.

Two subspecies of Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant have been collected within ½ km. radius of this collection. J. E. Tear, Jr. #258, 1993-06-16, CS81546, was determined I. a. subsp. weberi V.E. Grant & Wilkin by Ackerfield. Ackerfield (2015) now treats subsp. weberi as a synonym of I. a. subsp. attenuata (A. Gray) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant. B. E. Nelson #49939, 2000-6-27, RM760254, was determined I. a. subsp. aggregata.

This specimen will key ambiguously to either subsp. attenuata or subsp. aggregata in Ackerfield (2015) depending upon how much weight one places on the shape of the corolla tube vs. the position of the anthers. However, this specimen keys unambiguously to subsp. attenuata in Grant & Wilkin (1986) based upon the shape and dimensions of the corolla tube and the position of the anthers.

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Ipomopsis aggregata candida

Coll. No. 2565, Ipomopsis aggregata var. candida

Photographed 1 December 2021.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant ssp. candida (Rydb.) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant.  Scarlet Gilia.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. South-facing hillside along Salt Creek and Pike-San Isabel National Forest Road 435 "Salt Creek Road," 3.2 mi. by road west of US Highway 285, 145 km. southwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 38.9583°N, 106.0126°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2872 m. Flowers light coral to pink. Open hillside with pines, also collected here: Oreocarya thyrsiflora, Penstemon barbatus, Chaenactis douglasii, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda, and Muhlenbergia montana.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2565. 12-Jul-2021

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Coll. No. 1228, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. candida

Scanned 15 December 2015.

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Coll. No. 1228, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. candida

Photographed 20 July 2015.

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Ipomopsis aggregata collina

Coll. No. 2172, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. collina

Photographed 24 January 2020.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V.E. Grant ssp. collina (Greene) Wilken & Allard.  Scarlet Gilia.

Little Scraggy Peak, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buffalo Creek Recreation Area, northeast slopes of Little Scraggy Peak, fairly close to Little Scraggy trailhead, 60 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden 39.3408°N, 105.2607°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2410 m. Area generally disturbed by minerals prospecting, fuels reduction, and mountain biking recreation.

Collected by permit: Pike-Isabel National Forest, 2019, issued: Mar 8, 2019, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2172. 23-Jul-2019

Coll. No. 2172, 23 Jul 2019, characters observed: Perennial herb, 50-60 cm.; Stem, glandular, few long white hairs; Leaves, basal and cauline similar, 37 mm. × 24 mm. wide, pinnatifid with narrow segments, reduced above; Inflorescence, narrow thyrse; Pedicels, 1-2.5 mm.; Calyx, tube 5 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm., glandular, hyaline sinuses, tips spinulose; Corolla, salverform, tube 25 mm. × 1.8 mm. gradually expanding to 5 mm. wide, + lobes 5 mm., spreading; Stamens, some barely exserted.

Nearby (10 km.) collections of Ipomopsis aggregata are all subsp. collina and all by Dieter Wilkin (his #13548, #13600, and #14502). Vouchers are at CS and RM.

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Ipomopsis aggregata formosissima

Coll. No. 657, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima

Scanned 9 Oct 2011. The description of this species states that the infloresence clusters are on one side of the axis. It looks to me like the infloresence clusters alternate sides of the axis.

Collected near Dry Creek, Mono County, California.

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Coll. No. 657, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima

Scanned 9 Oct 2011.

Collected near Dry Creek, Mono County, California.

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Ipomopsis congesta congesta

Coll. No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta

Photograph taken July 7, 2009.

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Collection No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta

Scanned 2 May 2010, grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

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Coll. No. 618, Ipomopsis congesta at the Adobe Hills Spillway

Photograph taken 29 June 2010.

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Collection No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta

Scanned 2 May 2010, grid is 10 x 10 to the inch.

One thing to see in this photo is that the leaves are pinnately-lobed (ssp. congesta) versus palmately-lobed (ssp. montana).

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Ipomopsis polycladon

Coll. No. 283.1, Ipomopsis polycladon

Scanned 5 January 2013.

Collected near Cedar Canyon, San Bernardino County, California.

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Ipomopsis spicata

Coll. No. 3243, Ipomopsis spicata.

Photographed 6 November 2024.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Ipomopsis spicata (Nutt.) V.E. Grant.  Spiked Ipomopsis.

Hildebrand Ranch Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower northeast slope of small hogback, near where the Two Brands Trail crosses through the hogback, 914 m. west southwest of parking lot, 24.5 km. south southeast of Golden. 39.54897°N, 105.12019°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1755 m. Also here: Euphorbia brachyceras, Cirsium undulatum, Bromus inermis, and Leucocrinum montanum.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 3243. 14-May-2024

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Langloisia setosissima

Collection No. 430, Langloisia setosissima var. setosissima

Collected in the Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Collection No. 430, Langloisia setosissima var. setosissima

Collected in the Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Langloisia setosissima punctata

Collection No. 341, Langloisia setosissima var. punctata, lilac sunbonnet.

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

Collection was made on the east side of the Winters Pass Hills.

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Collection No. 341, Langloisia setosissima var. punctata, lilac sunbonnets.

Grid is 10x10 to the inch.

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Lilac Sunbonnet (Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata) at the Goldhammer Mine.

Photograph taken 24 April 2005.

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Lilac Subbonnet (Langoisia setosissima ssp. punctata)

Photograph taken April 20, 2004, on a south slope of Winters Pass Hills.

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Leptosiphon aureus aureus

Golden Linanthus (Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus) at Lobo Point.

Photograph taken April 24, 2001. Golden Linanthus is common on flat, sandy areas.

Coll. No. 276, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, opposite, palmate compound; Flowers in small clusters; Pedicels, 6 mm.; Calyx, 5 mm., lobes 5, ±equal, 4 mm., membrane width ±equal lobe width; Corolla, mostly yellow, tube 2 mm. + purple/yellow throat 3 mm. + yellow lobes 6 mm. = 11 mm., no hairy ring; Filaments glabrous.

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Coll. No. 276, Leptosiphon aureus var. aureus

Scanned 5 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 276, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, opposite, palmate compound; Flowers in small clusters; Pedicels, 6 mm.; Calyx, 5 mm., lobes 5, ±equal, 4 mm., membrane width ±equal lobe width; Corolla, mostly yellow, tube 2 mm. + purple/yellow throat 3 mm. + yellow lobes 6 mm. = 11 mm., no hairy ring; Filaments glabrous.

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Leptosiphon ciliatus

Habitat of Leptosiphon ciliatus northeast of Reversed Peak.

Photograph taken 20 June 2011.

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Habitat of Leptosiphon ciliatus near Grant Lake Overlook.

Photograph taken 20 June 2011.

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Habitat of Leptosiphon ciliatus northeast of Reversed Peak.

Photograph taken 20 June 2011.

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Coll. No. 771, Leptosiphon ciliatus, near Grant Lake Overlook.

Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 771, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual 6-7 cm; Leaves cauline palmately lobed; Flowers in dense bracted heads; Bracts membrane to 1 mm wide compared to bract width 0.5 mm, white ciliate; Corolla salverform, tume 10-15 mm, long exserted, limb 6 mm, throat yellow, lobes lavender.

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Coll. No. 771, Leptosiphon ciliatus

Scanned 22 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 771, 22 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual 6-7 cm; Leaves cauline palmately lobed; Flowers in dense bracted heads; Bracts membrane to 1 mm wide compared to bract width 0.5 mm, white ciliate; Corolla salverform, tume 10-15 mm, long exserted, limb 6 mm, throat yellow, lobes lavender.

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Coll. No. 773, Leptosiphon ciliatus, on Horseshoe Canyon Moraine.

Scanned 23 Jan 2012.

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Coll. No. 773, Leptosiphon ciliatus, on Horseshoe Canyon Moraine.

Scanned 23 Jan 2012.

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Leptosiphon nuttalli nuttalli

Coll. No. 1985, Leptosiphon nuttalli subsp. nuttalli

Photographed 15 January 2019.

Coll. No. 1985, 23 Jul 2018, characters observed: Perennial herb, from woody caudex, to 20 cm, erect; Leaves, opposite, connate at base, 26 mm. × 33 mm. wide, palmately cleft into 7-9 segments, segments, 3-20 mm. × 0.5-1.0 mm. wide, tips, spinulose; Inflorescence, dense head-like cluster, pedicels to 4 mm.; Calyx, 7.5 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, narrow hyaline sinuses ±½; Corolla, tube 8 mm. + lobes 5 mm., white.

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Leptosiphon nuttallii

Typical appearance of Leptosiphon nuttallii in forest edges.

Photographed 22 June 2012, near Jordan Spring, Mono County, California.

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Typical appearance of Leptosiphon nuttallii on open slopes.

Photographed 22 June 2012, near Jordan Spring, Mono County, California.

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Habitat of Leptosiphon nuttallii near Jordan Spring.

Photographed 22 June 2012.

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Leptosiphon nuttallii nuttallii

Coll. No. 2600, Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii

Photographed 15 December 2021.

Plants of Colorado
Polemoniaceae

Leptosiphon nuttallii (Gray) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson ssp. nuttallii.  Nuttall's Linanthus.

Unnamed meadow on Forest Road 109, Lake County, Colorado. Southern part of the ridge that includes Mount Zion and Buckeye Peak, about 2.7 road miles north of Leadville, access to Forest Road 109 from US Highway 24, 140 km. southwest of Golden. 39.2789°N, 106.3119°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 3099 m. East end of meadow, near road.

Collected by permit: Pike - San Isabel National Forest, 2021, issued: Mar 29, 2021, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2600. 15-Jul-2021

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Coll. No. 1470.1, Leptosiphon nuttallii var. nuttallii

Scanned 29 December 2016.

Coll. No. 1470.1, 29 June 2016, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 15 cm., woody at base; Leaves, well-developed, cauline, opposite, 3-lobed, lobes 12 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, soft, tip acute, some appearing spinulose; Inflorescence, head-like, not tomentose; Calyx, lobes, 8 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide; Corolla, white, tube 7 mm. + lobes 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, limb 11 mm. wide.

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Leptosiphon nuttallii pubescens

Coll. No. 857, Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. pubescens

Scanned 20 February 2013.

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Linanthus demissus

Collection No. 440 from the Mesquite Mountains.

Scanned 22-Jan-06.

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Desert Snow (Linanthus demissus) in the Mesquite Mountains.

Photograph taken 20 April 2005, in the Mesquite Mountains, about 100 meters northeast of Winters Pass. This is my collection number 440.

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Linanthus inyoensis

Coll. No. 766, Linanthus inyoensis

Scanned 20 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 766, 20 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 3 cm; Stem thread-like; Leaves basal opposite, cauline alternate; Infloresence in loose racemes; Pedicels 1-2 mm; Calyx 2.5 mm, membranous, rupturing as capsule matures, sparse gland-dotted hairs; Flowers 5 mm, 2 x calyx, (interior of flower glabrous, no pubesence or rings of hairs); Corolla funnel-form, 5 mm, tube and limb roughly equal; Stamens 5, equally inserted; Filament bases hard to see, but nothing hairy visible at base of flower; Pollen yellow.

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Coll. No. 766, Linanthus inyoensis

Scanned 20 Jan 2012.

Coll. No. 766, 20 Jan 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 3 cm; Stem thread-like; Leaves basal opposite, cauline alternate; Infloresence in loose racemes; Pedicels 1-2 mm; Calyx 2.5 mm, membranous, rupturing as capsule matures, sparse gland-dotted hairs; Flowers 5 mm, 2 x calyx, (interior of flower glabrous, no pubesence or rings of hairs); Corolla funnel-form, 5 mm, tube and limb roughly equal; Stamens 5, equally inserted; Filament bases hard to see, but nothing hairy visible at base of flower; Pollen yellow.

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Linanthus pungens

Granite Prickly Phlox (Leptodactylon pungens), Collection No. 460

Photograph taken 25-Jun-07.

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Linanthus pungens at Sagehen Meadow.

Photograph taken 5 July 2010.

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Habitat of Linanthus pungens at Sagehen Meadow.

Photograph taken 5 July 2010.

With Big Sagebrush, Bitterbrush (flowering yellow), and Jeffrey pine.

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Granite Prickly Phlox (Linanthus pungens), Collection No. 460.

Specimen Collected 25-Jun-05.

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Loeseliastrum

Loeseliastrum on Furnace Creek Wash

Photograph taken 11-May-07.

We had some controversy in our group as to whether this was L. matthewsii or L. schottii.

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Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Desert Calico (Loeseliastrum matthewsii)

Photograph taken in May 1993 near Walker Pass, Kern County, California. This species also observed at Lobo Point.

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Loeseliastrum matthewsii in Freeman Canyon.

Photographed May 1993. Scanned 17 March 2018.

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Microsteris gracilis

Coll. No. 2945, Microsteris gracilis.

Photographed 8 November 2023.

Plants of the Douglas Mountain Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Polemoniaceae

Microsteris gracilis (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene.  Slender Phlox.

Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Douglas Mountain Study Area, area along Guy Gulch, about 160 m. above the road, north side of Jefferson County Road 70 and near western boundary, 17.8 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8044°N, 105.368°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2479 m. Nose of small southeast plunging ridge, with Heterotheca villosa, Ribes cereum, and Cercocarpus montanus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2945. 6-Jun-2023

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Coll. No. 2945, Microsteris gracilis.

Photographed 8 November 2023.

Plants of the Douglas Mountain Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Polemoniaceae

Microsteris gracilis (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene.  Slender Phlox.

Guy Gulch, Jefferson County, Colorado. Douglas Mountain Study Area, area along Guy Gulch, about 160 m. above the road, north side of Jefferson County Road 70 and near western boundary, 17.8 km. northwest of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.8044°N, 105.368°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2479 m. Nose of small southeast plunging ridge, with Heterotheca villosa, Ribes cereum, and Cercocarpus montanus.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2023, issued: Apr 10, 2023, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2945. 6-Jun-2023

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Navarretia breweri

Coll. No. 791, Navarretia breweri

Scanned 15 Dec 2011.

Coll. No. 791, 15 Dec 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 12 cm, prickly when dry; Stem branched, ascending, minutely puberulent glandular; Leaves pinnately lobed, needle-like, lobed to near base; Infloresence many flowers in heads, minutely glandular (not hairy like Eriastrum); Corolla yellow, narrow tube, 5 mm.

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Coll. No. 791, Navarretia breweri

Scanned 31 Dec 2014.

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Coll. No. 963, Navarretia breweri

Scanned on 8 Feb 2014.

Coll. No. 963, 22 May 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 6 cm., prickly, minutely glandular; Stem, branches ascending along stem (as opposed to branches just below terminal head); Leaves, alternate except at base, deeply pinnately lobed, lobed portion 7 mm. + terminal lobe 9 mm., few straight white hairs; Inflorescence, dense, flowers in groups of 4-6, sllightly hairy, not wooly; Outer bracts like leaves; Calyx, lobes unequal (3 long, 2 short), tapered, membrane narrow, not spout-like distally; Corolla, lobes yellow; Stamens, exserted.

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Phlox hoodii canescens

Coll. No. 399, Phlox hoodii var. canescens

Scanned 4 January 2013.

West side of Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Phlox multiflora

Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora

Photographed 2 June 2021.

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Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora

Photographed 2 June 2021.

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Location of Coll. No. 2487, Phlox multiflora

Photographed 2 June 2021.

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Coll. No. 1653, Phlox multiflora

Scanned 9 December 2017.

Coll. No. 1653, 1 Jun 2011, characters observed: Perennial, tufted, decumbent to ascending, 7-10 cm.; Internodes, 8-9 mm.; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 23 mm. × 2 mm. wide, ±linear, sharp-pointed; Flowers, solitary at ends of stems, pedicels, 12 mm., hairy, calyx, tube 5 mm. + lobes 6 mm., sparsely hairy, hyaline membranes flat; corolla, tube 14 mm + lobes 11 mm. × 7 mm. wide, color (not recorded), fading blue.

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Coll. No. 1814, Phlox, tentatively determined as P. multiflora.

Photographed 10 May 2018.

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Phlox pulvinata

Phlox pulvinata at Forest Canyon Overlook

Photographed 24 September 2014.

(Syn: Phlox sibirica L. ssp. pulvinata (Wherry) W. A. Weber)

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Phlox stansburyi

Habitat of Phlox stansburyi in Sagehen Meadow.

Photograph taken 2 July 2010.

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Phlox stansburyi stansburyi

Phlox stansburyi in the Mid Hills Campground.

Photograph taken April 21, 2004.

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Coll. No. 99, Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi

Scanned 1 January 2013.

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Coll. No. 218, Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi

Scanned 4 Jan 2014.

Coll. No. 218, 27 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial, subshrub, open, not matted or cushion-like, Stem, woody below, Leaves, mostly opposite, some alternate, simple, entire, 45 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lance-linear; Inflorescence, not head-like; Calyx, lobes equal, membrane ±keeled; Corolla, salverform, tube 11 mm. + lobes 6 mm. = 17 mm.; Anthers, 3 short, 2 long; Style, 5.5 mm.; Stigma, 1 mm.

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Polemonium viscosum

Coll. No. 1472, Polemonium viscosum

Scanned 29 December 2016.

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Date and time this article was prepared: 12/9/2024 7:43:33 PM