Polemoniaceae
Nuttall's linanthus
Leptosiphon nuttallii
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Leptosiphon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Nuttall's linanthus
Synonyms
- Gilia nuttallii A.Gray
- Linanthastrum nuttallii (A.Gray) Ewan
- Linanthastrum nuttallii subsp. nuttallii
- Linanthus nuttallii (A.Gray) Greene ex Milliken
- Linanthus nuttallii subsp. nuttallii
- Navarretia nuttallii (A.Gray) Kuntze
- Siphonella nuttallii (A.Gray) A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 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.