Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. Grant
(Skyrocket)
Family: Polemoniaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Sprengel subsp. formosissima (Greene) Wherry
Gilia aggregata (Pursh) V. Grant var. texana (Greene) Shinners
Gilia formosissima (Greene) Wooton & Standley
Gilia texana (Greene) Wooton & Standley
Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. Grant subsp. texana (Greene)
Ipomopsis aggregata is an erect herb with divided leaves with linear segments that have needle tips (mucronate). The flowers
are bright orange red, with the tube and lobes much exceeding the sepals. The lobes and inside of the tube are marked with orange over the orange red.
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Ipomopsis aggregata, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 14, 2007
Ipomopsis aggregata, with capsules, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Meadow Creek, Sept. 5, 2008
Ipomopsis aggregata, corolla, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Meadow Creek, Oct. 10, 2008
Ipomopsis aggregata, mucronate basal leaves, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Scott Zager, Manda Jost, Black Range, Hillsboro Peak Trail, Nov. 16, 2008
Ipomopsis aggregata, macro of three carpellate capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Scott Zager, Manda Jost, Black Range, Hillsboro Peak Trail, Nov. 16, 2008
Ipomopsis aggregata, DAZ herbarium, collector Paul L. Packard 141, 24 July 1976, near Mimbres Ranger Station
Ipomopsis aggregata, flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 9, 2011
Ipomopsis aggregata, stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 9, 2011
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