Linanthus dianthiflorus (Bentham) Greene

Fringed Ground Pink
Polemoniaceae

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Protologue: Pittonia 2: 254 (1892)
Pronunciation: Li-nán-thus di-an-thi-flò-rus
Etymology: (Gr. linon, flax + anthos, flower + Dianthus-flowered)

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Distribution:
 
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  

Linanthus dianthiflorus
Annual herb. Leaves simple, opposite, linear. Flowers with showy, pink corolla, lobes apically denticulate (fringed).
Note 3 style branches in lowermost flower, indicating a 3-carpellate gynoecium, typical of the Polemoniaceae.

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