Polemoniaceae
Variable linanthus
Leptosiphon parviflorus
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Leptosiphon
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 小花福禄麻, 黄花琳那花, 小花夕雪麻
- English
- Variable linanthus
Synonyms
- Gilia hybrida (hort.) Brand
- Gilia lutea (Benth.) Steud.
- Gilia lutea subsp. eu-lutea Brand
- Gilia lutea subsp. micrantha Brand
- Gilia lutea var. acicularis Brand
- Gilia lutea var. longistylis Munz
- Gilia lutea var. luteola Brand
- Gilia lutea var. rosea (W.Thomps.) Regel
- Gilia micrantha Steud.
- Gilia micrantha var. aurea Benth.
- Leptosiphon aureus E.Vilm.
- Leptosiphon hybridus hort.
- Leptosiphon luteus Benth.
- Leptosiphon luteus unranked aureus John Edwards
- Leptosiphon roseus W.Thomps.
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. croceus (Milliken) H.Mason
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. laetus H.Mason
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. luteolus (Greene) H.Mason
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. luteus (Benth.) H.Mason
- Linanthus androsaceus subsp. micranthus (Steud.) H.Mason
- Linanthus androsaceus var. croceus (Eastw.) Jeps.
- Linanthus luteolus Greene
- Linanthus parviflorus (Benth.) Greene
- Linanthus parviflorus var. croceus Milliken
- Linanthus parviflorus var. luteolus (Greene) Milliken
- Navarretia lutea (Benth.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Theo Summer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum, 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.