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Leptosiphon breviculus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Polemoniaceae

Scientific name
  
Leptosiphon breviculus

Order
  
Ericales

Genus
  
Leptosiphon

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Leptosiphon bicolor, Leptosiphon androsaceus, Leptosiphon, Linanthus, Gilia

Leptosiphon breviculus (syn. Linanthus breviculus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Mojave linanthus. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Mojave Desert and dry spots in the adjacent Transverse Ranges.

It is an annual herb producing a thin, hairy stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. The hairy, oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow needlelike lobes up to a centimeter long. The tip of the stem is occupied by an inflorescence of one or more white, pink, or blue flowers with purple throats, each about a centimeter wide.

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Leptosiphon breviculus Wikipedia