Polemoniaceae

Slender-leaf skyrocket

Ipomopsis tenuifolia (A.Gray) V.E.Grant

Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Ipomopsis

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Slender-leaf skyrocket: Ipomopsis tenuifolia—Slenderleaf skyrocket. The species is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endan — Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Slender-leaf skyrocket, Slenderleaf skyrocket

Synonyms

Gilia tenuifolia A.Gray
Loeselia tenuifolia A.Gray
Navarretia tenuifolia (A.Gray) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.