| Leptosiphon septentrionalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Leptosiphon |
| Species: | L. septentrionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptosiphon septentrionalis (H.Mason) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson |
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| Synonyms | |
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Linanthus septentrionalis |
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Leptosiphon septentrionalis (syn. Linanthus septentrionalis) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name northern linanthus. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern Canadian provinces and the northwestern United States, where it grows in several types of habitat, including sagebrush and woodland.
It is a small annual herb producing a hairy, threadlike stem up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are divided into tiny threadlike lobes. The inflorescence is generally made up of a single funnel-shaped flower with a yellow throat and a tiny white or pale blue corolla less than a centimeter wide.