Taxon Report

Leptosiphon oblanceolatus (Brand) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson

Sierra Nevada leptosiphon

Print Report

© 1995 Saint Mary's College of California

Classification


Scientific Name:	Leptosiphon oblanceolatus (Brand) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson
Common Name:	Sierra Nevada leptosiphon
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Element Code:	PDPLM090W0
USDA Plants Symbol:	LEOB14
Synonyms/Other Names:	Linanthus oblanceolatus (Brand) Jeps.

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	annual herb
Blooming Period: Jul-Aug	Jul-Aug
Elevation:	2800-3700 (9185-12140)
General Habitats:	Subalpine coniferous forest
Microhabitat:
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.3
Global Rank:	G4
State Rank:	S4
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	0
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	0
Good (B)	0
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	0

Location


California Endemic: True
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Fresno (FRE), Inyo (INY), Madera (MAD), Tulare (TUL), Tuolumne (TUO)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Casa Vieja Meadows (3611823), Chagoopa Falls (3611844), Cirque Peak (3611842), Dogtooth Peak (3711921), Dunderberg Peak (3811913), Florence Lake (3711838), Graveyard Peak (3711848), Johnson Peak (3611843), Kaiser Peak (3711932), Mineral King (3611845), Monache Mountain (3611822), Moses Mtn. (3611836), Mount Whitney (3611853), Mt. Abbot (3711847), Mt. Brewer (3611864), Mt. Givens (3711931), Mt. Henry (3711827), Mt. Williamson (3611863), Quinn Peak (3611835), Silver City (3611846), Sing Peak (3711954), Templeton Mtn. (3611832), Triple Divide Peak (3611855)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


Threat List Total:	0
EOs with Threat Listed:	Total EOs	% of EOs
	0	0 %

Notes



A synonym of Linanthus oblanceolatus in The Jepson Manual. See Pflanzenreich 4(250):136 (1907) for original description, and Aliso 19(1):55-91 (2000) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:

Taxonomy:

Selected References

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2025. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 5 January 2025].