PLANTS Profile for Leptodactylon californicum (California prickly phlox)

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PLANTS Profile

Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.
California prickly phlox

Symbol:

LECA7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. March 24, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

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Distribution:
Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.


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Related Taxa:
Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 1 species in Leptodactylon or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. ssp. californicum. .

Leptodactylon californicum ssp. californicum
California prickly phlox

Distribution of Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. ssp. leptotrichomum Gordon. .

Leptodactylon californicum ssp. leptotrichomum
California prickly phlox

Distribution of Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. ssp. tomentosum Gordon. .

Leptodactylon californicum ssp. tomentosum
California prickly phlox

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Leptodactylon Hook. & Arn. – pricklyphlox
Species	Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn. – California prickly phlox

More Accounts and Images:
Leptodactylon californicum Hook. & Arn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31230.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 08:19 PM CDT