Calflora Taxon Report
Leptosiphon aureus  Benth.
Golden linanthus
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2017 Scott Yarger
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2019 David Greenberger
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Raphaela E. Floreani Buzbee
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2023 R.A. Chasey
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2020 R.A. Chasey
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2025 R.A. Chasey
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2025 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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2022 Dianne Lake
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2022 Dianne Lake
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2017 Adam Chasey
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Geoff Burleigh
Leptosiphon aureus is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2 (limited distribution)
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
Genus: Leptosiphon
Family: Polemoniaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS
Alternate Names:
CNPSLeptosiphon acicularis, Linanthus acicularis
JEFLeptosiphon acicularis
JEFLinanthus acicularis
OTHERLinanthus aureus
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