Collomia linearis
Narrowleaf Mountain Trumpet

Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)

Photo taken at Icicle Canyon, rocky open area

Flowers:

flowers 7-20 in terminal bracted heads, sessile; corolla white to pink, tubular-funnelform to nearly salviform, generally 8-15 mm; calyx tube charlaceous, 4-7 mm; pollen generally white

Seed:

mucilaginous when moistened

Leaves:

alternate, entire, linear to lanceolate; lower leaves similar to others

Plant:

annual; most are single stemmed, erect

Habitat:

widespread, seldom at high elevations

Distribution of species:

chiefly east Cascades; California to Alaska, eastern North America, Arizona; naturalized elsewhere

Distribution of genus:

15 species: North America and southern South America