Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Ipomopsis longiflora (Torrey) V. Grant
(Trumpet Gilia, Blue Trumpets)
Family: Polemoniaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred
Ipomopsis longiflora has lavender blue flowers with very long thin corolla tubes. The herbage is
gray green and the leaf segments are linear. Ipomopsis longiflora is much branched from the base and
is found on dry hillsides and canyons at lower to middle elevations.
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Ipomopsis longiflora, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, Apr. 21, 2007
Ipomopsis longiflora, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, Oct. 25, 2007
Ipomopsis longiflora, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, April 21, 2009
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