Polemoniaceae
Tiny trumpet
Collomia linearis
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Collomia
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Tiny trumpet
- Finnish
- Kaitatahmikki
- French
- Collomie linéaire
- Swedish
- Limfrö
Synonyms
- Collomia lanceolata Greene ex Brand
- Collomia linearis f. boulderensis (Daniels) Wherry
- Collomia linearis f. congesta (Lunell) Wherry
- Collomia linearis f. humilis (Brand) Wherry
- Collomia linearis f. lanceolata Wherry
- Collomia linearis f. picta (Lunell) Wherry
- Collomia linearis var. boulderensis Daniels
- Collomia linearis var. congesta Lunell
- Collomia linearis var. humilis Brand
- Collomia linearis var. picta Lunell
- Collomia linearis var. subulata (A.Gray) A.Gray
- Collomia parviflora f. boulderensis (Daniels) Wherry
- Collomia parviflora f. congesta (Lunell) Wherry
- Collomia parviflora f. humilis (Brand) Wherry
- Collomia parviflora f. lanceolata Wherry
- Collomia parviflora f. picta (Lunell) Wherry
- Collomia tinctoria f. subulata (A.Gray) Wherry
- Collomia tinctoria var. subulata (A.Gray) Brand
- Gilia linearis (Nutt.) A.Gray
- Gilia linearis var. subulata A.Gray
- Hoitzia linearis Spreng.
- Navarretia linearis (Nutt.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.