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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Polemoniaceae
Collomia linearis Nutt.
collomia, narrow-leaved mountain trumpet
Collomia: from Greek kolla, "glue," referring to the sticky secretion around the seeds
linearis: linear
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-24" tall, hairy forb |
| Flower: | white to lilac, 5-parted, 1/3" long, funnel-shaped, mostly stalkless, tube slender, lobes short; inflorescence terminal, leafy cluster; blooms May-Aug. |
| Leaf: | many, linear, mostly stalkless, alternate, not divided or toothed |
| Habitat: | dry, often disturbed areas |
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