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Dwarf Ipomopsis - Ipomopsis pumila
Other Names:
Gilia pumila
Native Species
Global Rank:
G4
State Rank:
S4
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Ipomopsis pumila is locally abundant on the south and west sides of the Pryor Mountains in Carbon County.
General Description
Stems erect, 3–20 cm, usually branched below, branches often as high as the main stem. Herbage villous on leaves; stems tomentose. Leaves: all cauline, 1–4 cm long; blades oblong in outline ternately to pinnately lobed; lobes linear, mucronate. Inflorescence few- to many-flowered, congested, axillary cymes. Flowers: calyx 5–6 mm long; corolla funnelform, light blue; tube 6–9 mm long; lobes 1–3 mm long. Capsule enclosed in the calyx, 3–5 mm long with several seeds per locule (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Known from Carbon County; ID, MT south to AZ, NM and TX. (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 63
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Open, sandy soil in Artemisia tridentata and Atriplex gardneri shrublands in the valleys and foothills.
Ecology
As an annual, population sizes may undergo large annual fluctuations and may respond positively to light or moderate levels of disturbance.
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus occidentalis (Pyke et al. 2012).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Pyke, G.H., D.W. Inouye, and J.D. Thomson. 2012. Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: competition and community structure revisited. Environmental Entomology 41(6): 1332-1349.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P. and P.L. Achuff. 1992. Distribution of vascular plant species of special concern and limited distribution in the Pryor Mountain desert, Carbon County, Montana. Unpublished report to the Bureau of Land Management. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 105 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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