Ipomopsis tenuituba (Salmon Skyrocket)

8/17/04 Tioga Pass Road west of Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, CA 

 8/17/04 Tioga Pass Road

8/17/04 Tioga Pass Road

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Salmon Skyrocket, Lavender Gilia

SPECIES: Ipomopsis tenuituba

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE:8/17/2004

LOCATION: Tioga Pass Road west of Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial, dying after flowering once

Stem erect, glabrous or glandular, slightly hairy

Leaves: basal 3–6 cm, pinnately 9–17-lobed, withered at flower; cauline generally puberulent

Inflorescence 1-sided; flowers 3–7, lower well spaced on axis

Flower: calyx lobes tapered, glandular, hairy; corolla tube 25–45 mm, salverform, lobes white to pink or lavender, slightly speckled at base; stamens attached at different levels, included, pollen white to yellow, rarely blue; style included to slightly exerted

Ecology: Gravelly to rocky slopes

Elevation: 2400–3050 m.  

Bioregional distribution: north-central High Sierra Nevada, e Modoc Plateau, n East of Sierra Nevada 

Distribution outside California: to Colorado

Flowering time: Mar–May

Synonyms: I. aggregata subsp. attenuata (A. Gray) V.E. Grant & A.D. Grant misapplied to CA plants 
Hybridizes with  I. aggregata in SNH. 

Horticultural information: TRY.