Ipomopsis polycladon

Taxobox


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name = "Ipomopsis polycladon"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Polemoniaceae
genus = Ipomopsis
species = "I. congesta"
binomial = "Ipomopsis congesta"
binomial_authority = (Torr.) V.E.Grant
synonyms = "Gilia polycladon" Torr.

"Ipomopsis polycladon" is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name manybranched ipomopsis. It is native to much of the western United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy soils such as those of the deserts. This is an annual herb producing a number of horizontal red stems branching outward from the short central stem. Leaves appear at the ends and axils of branches. Each leaf is multilobed, and mostly green but often red-tipped, and less than 2 centimeters long. Stems and leaves are covered with woolly glandular hairs. The long stem branches bear inflorescences of leaflike bracts which are green with sharp-pointed red tips, and tiny white flowers a few millimeters across.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5654,5784,5795 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=IPPO2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ipomopsis+polycladon Photo gallery]