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Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
granite prickly phlox
       
Symbol:   LIPU11  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Polemoniaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb
Subshrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Leptodactylon pungens

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Synonyms:
Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

  GIHA3 Gilia hallii Parish  
  GIPU4 Gilia pungens (Torr.) Benth.  
  GIPUH Gilia pungens (Torr.) Benth. var. hookeri (Douglas ex Hook.) A. Gray  
  LEHA5 Leptodactylon hazeliae M. Peck  
  LELI4 Leptodactylon lilacinum Greene ex Brank  
  LEPU Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt.   granite prickly phlox
  LEPUB Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. brevifolium (Rydb.) Wherry  
  LEPUE Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. eupungens (Brand) Wherry  
  LEPUH Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. hallii (Parish) H. Mason  
  LEPUH3 Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. hazeliae (M. Peck) R.J. Meinke  
  LEPUH2 Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. hookeri (Douglas ex Hook.) Wherry  
  LEPUP Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. pulchriflorum (Brand) H. Mason  
  LEPUS Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. ssp. squarrosum (A. Gray) Tidestr.  
  LEPUH4 Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. var. hallii (Parish) Jeps.  
  LEPUH5 Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt. var. hookeri (Douglas ex Hook.) Jeps.  
 

Distribution:
Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

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Related Taxa:
Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

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Classification:
Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

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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 Linanthus Benth. – linanthus
Species Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson – granite prickly phlox
 

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Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

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

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

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