Ipomopsis arizonica

Taxobox | name = "Ipomopsis arizonica"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Polemoniaceae
genus = "Ipomopsis"
species = "I. arizonica"
binomial = "Ipomopsis arizonica"
binomial_authority = (Greene) Wherry

"Ipomopsis arizonica" (Arizona firecracker) is a flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae, native to the mountains of the Mojave Desert from southeastern California east through southern Nevada to northern Arizona, growing at 1500-3100 m altitude. It is found in rocky places in the desert, as well as washes.

It is a monocarpic herbaceous perennial plant, dying after flowering and producing seeds. It grows from 10-30 cm tall, with pinnately lobed leaves 3-5 cm long with 7-11 lobes. The flowers are produced 5-13 on a one-sided spike, each flower tubular, 1-2 cm long, with five corolla lobes 5-10 mm long; they are bright red, and pollinated by hummingbirds.

References

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Ipomopsis%20arizonica Jepson Flora Project: "Ipomopsis arizonica"]
*Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 119