Host an Event Volunteer Join Tickets

Support the plant database you love!

Share

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:
Ipomopsis congesta (Ballhead ipomopsis)
Reveal, James L.

Ipomopsis congesta

Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V.E. Grant

Ballhead Ipomopsis, Ballhead Skyrocket

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: IPCO5

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Branched and woody near base, with roundish heads of small, trumpet-shaped, dingy white flowers at ends of stems and branches.

Some forms may at first be mistaken for sandworts (Arenaria), but the latter have simple leaves and five separate petals.

 

From the Image Gallery

3 photo(s) available in the Image Gallery

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 2 feet tall, often shorter.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
Bloom Notes: White, sometimes with pinkish tinge or flecks.

Distribution

USA: AZ , CA , CO , ID , MT , ND , NE , NM , NV , OR , SD , UT , WA , WY
Native Distribution: Eastern Oregon and eastern California east to northwestern New Mexico, western Nebraska, and western North Dakota.
Native Habitat: Dry open slopes from lowlands to high-mountain elevations.

Web Reference

Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) Calflora
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Ipomopsis congesta in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Ipomopsis congesta in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Ipomopsis congesta

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-04-27
Research By: TWC Staff

Go back