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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: | Calamagrostis montanensis, Hedeoma hispida, Orthocarpus luteus, Pascopyrum smithii, Plantago patagonica, Polygonum douglasii | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Linanthus septentrionalis 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, palmately divided; segments 5 – 7, appearing clustered, 5 – 20 mm long, thread-like, puberulent or glabrous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | flowers axillary; pedicels long, spreading | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | calyx tube scarious below sinuses, lobes deltoid; corolla 2 – 5 mm long, less than twice as long as calyx, funnelform, tube hairy near the insertion of the stamens, white to lavender; filaments glabrous or sparsely hairy; stigma 3-lobed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule; seeds 2 or more per locule | ||||||||||||||||||||
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