| Leptosiphon filipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Leptosiphon |
| Species: | L. filipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosiphon filipes (Benth.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson |
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| Synonyms | |
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Linanthus filipes |
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Leptosiphon filipes (syn. Linanthus filipes) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name thread linanthus.
It is endemic to California, where it grows in the woodlands of the North Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada foothills.
It is a petite annual herb producing a threadlike stem up to 20 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into linear lobes just a few millimeters long. The inflorescence at the tip of the stem is generally composed of a single tiny flower a few millimeters wide. It is pink or white with a yellow throat.