Slendertube Skyrocket (Ipomopsis tenuituba)
Description
Ipomopsis tenuituba-is a species of flowering plant in the-phlox family-known by the common name-slendertube skyrocket, or-slendertube ipomopsis. It is native to much of the western United States from-California-to-Colorado, where it is found on rocky mountain slopes. This is a perennial herb producing an erect stem with widely spaced leaves, each 3 to 6 centimeters long and with many narrow, fingerlike lobes. The-inflorescences-toward the top of the stem each hold three to seven flowers. The flower is very pale to medium pink, sometimes with white streaks, or solid white. It is a tube 2 to 5 centimeters long, opening into a corolla of five twisting, pointed, ribbonlike lobes. The-stamens-and-style-do not protrude far from the mouth of the flower, if at all. While it is a perennial plant, it dies after its first flowering.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Polemoniaceae
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Genus: Ipomopsis
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