| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson |
| Bibliography | Aliso 19: 82 (2000) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico, nw. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and woods |
| Altitude | 700-4000m |
| Description | leaves palmatipinnate, segments 3-7, linear, spinose, flowers solitary, axillary, 15-25mm long, lobes 6-10mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pale bluish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aegochloa pungens (Torr.) Benth. Aegochloa torreyi G.Don Batanthes pungens (Torr.) Raf. Cantua pungens Torr. Cantua pungens var. squarrosa (A.Gray) Howell Gilia lilacina Brand Gilia pungens (Torr.) Benth. Gilia pungens var. devestita Brand Gilia pungens var. hallii Milliken Gilia pungens ssp. hallii (Milliken) Brand Gilia pungens ssp. eupungens Brand Gilia pungens var. squarrosa A.Gray Gilia pungens var. tenuiloba Milliken Gilia tenuiloba Parish Leptodactylon breviflorum Rydb. Leptodactylon hallii A.Heller Leptodactylon hallii f. subflavidum (Jeps.) Wherry Leptodactylon lilacinum Greene ex Brand Leptodacytlon lilacinum f. shastense (Jeps.) Wherry Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Nutt. Leptodactylon pungens var. brevifolium (Rydb.) Werry Leptodactylon pungens ssp. brevifolium (Rydb.) Wherry Leptodactylon pungens var. eupungens Wherry Leptodactylon pungens ssp. eupungens Wherry Leptodactylon pungens var. shastense Jeps. Leptodactylon pungens var. squarrosum Tidestr. Leptodactylon pungens var. subflavidum Jeps. Leptodactylon pungens var. tenuilobum (Parish) Jeps. Leptodactylon tenuilobum A.Heller Navarretia pungens (Torr.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |