Gymnosteris parvula

Species of flowering plant

Gymnosteris parvula

Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Ericales
Family:  | Polemoniaceae
Genus:  | Gymnosteris
Species:  |

G. parvula

Binomial name
Gymnosteris parvula

A.Heller

Synonyms

Gilia parvula

Gymnosteris parvula is a flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name smallflower gymnosteris. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana. This is a small annual herb growing a thin green to red-colored stem only a few centimeters tall. There are no leaves; the word gymnosteris comes from the Greek for "naked stem". Atop the stem is a large, fleshy inflorescence with red-tinged green bracts that serve as leaves. Within the lobular inflorescence are one to five small flowers, each less than a centimeter long. The yellow-throated flower has yellow or white oval-shaped lobes with pointed tips. It is self-pollinating.

## External links[edit]

* Jepson eFlora
* NatureServe
* CalPhotos

Taxon identifiers

Gymnosteris parvula|

* Wikidata: Q5625101
* Calflora: 3980
* CoL: 3HV4S
* EoL: 580638
* GBIF: 2927796
* iNaturalist: 77313
* IPNI: 115852-2
* IRMNG: 11075205
* ITIS: 31190
* NatureServe: 2.140920
* NCBI: 96033
* Open Tree of Life: 832401
* Plant List: kew-2836337
* PLANTS: GYPA2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115852-2
* Tropicos: 25800207
* WFO: wfo-0000713178

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