Plant Name
Scientific Name: Ipomopsis longiflora
Synonym: Gilia longiflora
Common Names: Flaxflowered Ipomopsis, Long-flowered Gilly, Blue Gilia, Blue Trumpets
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual, Biennial
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland, Mountain
Flower Color: White, Pale violet-blue
Flowering Season: Spring (late), Summer, Fall (early). This wildflower blooms anytime from spring to fall depending on the rains.
Height: To 18 inches (46 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are tubular, 2 inches (5 cm) long, and have 5, point-tipped lobes. The flowers are pollinated by moths. The leaves are green and pinnate with linear, threadlike lobes. The stems are green and slender. The plants are so thin and wispy that they are difficult to spot unless flowering.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus: Ipomopsis Michx. – ipomopsis
Species: Ipomopsis longiflora (Torr.) V.E. Grant – flaxflowered ipomopsis
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