''Leptosiphon acicularis'' (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
''Linanthus acicularis'') is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common names bristly linanthus and bristly leptosiphon.
Distribution
The plant is
endemic
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to northern
California
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in the
California Coast Ranges
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Ph ...
, from the
San Francisco Bay Area
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northwards. It is a found below in
chaparral
Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterrane ...
,
oak woodland
An oak woodland is a plant community with a tree canopy dominated by oaks (''Quercus spp.''). In terms of canopy closure, oak woodlands are intermediate between oak savanna, which is more open, and oak forest, which is more closed. Although the ...
, and
coastal prairie habitats.
It is a
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
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and
IUCN listed
Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
Vulne ...
, and is on the
California Native Plant Society
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a California environmental non-profit organization (501(c)3) that seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve it for future generations. The mission of CNPS is to con ...
Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.
California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): ''Leptosiphon acicularis''
. accessed 2.28.2016.
Description
''Leptosiphon acicularis'' is an annual herb producing a hairy stem no more than about 15 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow bristlelike lobes up to a centimeter long.
The tip of the stem has an inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...
of one or more tiny yellow flowers surrounded by many needlelike sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined ...
s. The bloom period is April to May.
The specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
, , is derived from Latin
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and means "needle-shaped".
See also
*
References
External links
Calflora Database: ''Leptosiphon acicularis'' (Bristly leptosiphon)
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Leptosiphon acicularis''
UC CalPhotos gallery: ''Leptosiphon acicularis''
Acicularis
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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