Status: Native
Synonyms:
Gilia macombii Torrey ex Gray
Ipomopsis macombii is an herb with several branches all radiating from the base. The flowers are blue-purple. The flowers of Ipomopsis macombii are longer than those of Ipomopsis multiflora which it resembles, and its stamens are included rather than long exerted as with I. multiflora. Both occur on dry areas at middle elevation.
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Ipomopsis macombii, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Mimbres end of Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010
Ipomopsis macombii, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Mimbres end of Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010
Ipomopsis macombii, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Mimbres end of Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010
Ipomopsis macombii, closeup of included stamens, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Mimbres end of Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010
Ipomopsis macombii, comparison of flowers of I. multiflora (top) and I. macombii (bottom), photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Mimbres end of Allie Canyon, September 8, 2010
Ipomopsis macombii, flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 9, 2011
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