Collomia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names tiny trumpet and slenderleaf collomia.[2] This tiny wildflower is native to North America, where it is fairly widespread across the north and west.[2] It is an annual herb, rarely exceeding 30 centimetres (12 in) in height,[3] with a velvety erect stem bearing long, narrow green leaves. Atop the stem is a cluster of up to 20 white or light pink flowers, each about a centimeter across. Each has five small rounded petals and stamens tipped with anthers bearing white pollen.

Collomia linearis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Collomia
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Collomia linearis
Synonyms[1]
  • Collomia cavanillesii f. lateritia (D.Don) Wherry
  • Collomia cavanillesii f. stenosiphon (Kunze) Wherry
  • Collomia lanceolata Greene ex Brand
  • Collomia lateritia D.Don
  • Collomia parviflora f. congesta (Lunell) Wherry
  • Collomia parviflora f. humilis (Brand) Wherry
  • Collomia parviflora f. lanceolata Wherry
  • Collomia parviflora f. picta (Lunell) Wherry
  • Collomia stenosiphon Kunze
  • Collomia tinctoria var. subulata (A.Gray) Brand
  • Collomia tinctoria f. subulata (A.Gray) Wherry
  • Gilia linearis (Nutt.) A.Gray
  • Navarretia linearis (Nutt.) Kuntze

References

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  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ^ a b "Collomia linearis". Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  3. ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 110. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
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