PLANTS Profile for Leptosiphon ciliatus ssp. ciliatus (whiskerbrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus
whiskerbrush

Symbol:

LECIC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

Linanthus ciliatus

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

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Synonyms:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

GICI2	Gilia ciliata Benth.
LICI	Linanthus ciliatus (Benth.) Greene	whiskerbrush
LICIC	Linanthus ciliatus (Benth.) Greene var. ciliatus	whiskerbrush

Distribution:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus


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USA (CA, NV, OR)

Related Taxa:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 28 species in Leptosiphon, 2 subspecies in Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps.

Classification:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

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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	Leptosiphon Benth.
Species	Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. – whiskerbrush
Subspecies	Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus – whiskerbrush

More Accounts and Images:
Leptosiphon ciliatus (Benth.) Jeps. ssp. ciliatus

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 11:09 PM CDT