Polemoniaceae
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Collomia linearis / tiny trumpet
- teeny, tubular, lilac to white flowers
- flowers in clusters at top of stem in a basket of leaves
- velvety stem; long, narrow, lance-shaped leaves
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Ipomopsis aggregata / scarlet gilia
- bright red (usually), elongated, trumpet-like flowers; 5 petals
- late season (July, August) flowers may be white
- highly divided, comb-like leaves
- pollination by hummingbirds (red forms) and moths (white, late forms)
- smells bad but tastes good
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Microsteris gracilis / slender phlox
- everything about it is teeny
- white or pink, 5-petal flowers ca. 2 mm diameter
- exposed, in early spring (ephemeral)
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Phlox diffusa / spreading phlox
- low, spreading, moss-like (before blooming)
- flowers 5-petaled, a variety of colors, and with a tube below the petals
- many habitat types incl. mountain slopes, rocky terrain, dry forests or with sagebrush
- blooms in early spring to early summer
- confusable with P. hoodii
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Phlox hoodii / spiny phlox
- half-inch, five (or four) petaled flower with yellow center
- low to ground, mat forming, moss-like
- tightly packed, narrow, spiny leaves
- blooms in very early spring, just after snowmelt
- with sagebrush on dry, rocky soils
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Phlox longifolia / longleaf phlox
- white or pink to almost rose flowers
- blooms in spring, sometimes through to August
- common on disturbed and undisturbed sites
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Polemonium occidentale / western Jacob’s ladder
- brilliantly blue flowers with bright yellow anthers, in clusters
- pinnately compound leaves with up to 27 narrow, lance-shaped leaflets
- most leaves on separate stems from the flowers
- usually in wetlands
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