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| Linanthus septentrionalis Mason | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Polemoniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Linanthus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Gilia septentrionalis (Mason) St. John Linanthus harknessii var. septentrionalis (Mason) Jepson & V. Bailey |
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| Common Names: | northern linanthus northern desert-trumpets |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | southern British Columbia – southern Alberta – southwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills; Altawan – Nashlyn – Cypress Lake – Wood Mountain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland, Mixed Grassland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist to dry prairie depressions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Associated Species: | Douglas knotweed, plains reedgrass, rough pennyroyal, western wheatgrass, woolly plantain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S1S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Northern linanthus is threatened because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. It is regionally restricted in the province and population sizes vary. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 – 30 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | annual, slender, erect, branched above the base | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | opposite, divided; segments 5 – 7, appearing clustered, 5 – 20 mm long, thread-like, short-hairy or hairless | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | flowers axillary; flower stalks long, spreading | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | sepal tube membranous below the lobes, lobes triangular; petals 2 – 5 mm long, less than twice as long as sepals, funnel-shaped, tube hairy near the insertion of the stamens, white to lavender; filaments hairless or sparsely hairy; stigma 3-lobed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule; seeds 2 or more per locule | ||||||||||||||||||||
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