| Leptosiphon grandiflorus | |
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| with goldfields (Lasthenia californica) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Leptosiphon |
| Species: | L. grandiflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosiphon grandiflorus (Benth.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson |
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| Synonyms | |
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Linanthus grandiflorus |
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Leptosiphon grandiflorus (syn. Linanthus grandiflorus) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name large-flower linanthus.
It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Central Coast and the San Francisco Bay Area; its current range is uncertain because many known occurrences of the plant have been extirpated.[1]
It is an annual herb producing a hairy stem with occasional leaves which are each divided into linear lobes up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence at the tip of the stem is a loose cluster of a few white or pinkish funnel-shaped flowers with lobes up to 1.5 centimeters long.