Native Plants

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 polycladon

Ipomopsis polycladon (Torr.) V.E. Grant

Manybranched Ipomopsis, Manybranched Gilia, Branching Gilia, Sprawling Skyrocket

Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)

Synonym(s): Gilia polycladon

USDA Symbol: IPPO2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 5 inches tall, stems decumbent to prostrate.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Yellow
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul

Distribution

USA: AZ , CA , CO , ID , NM , NV , OR , TX , UT , WY
Native Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils, plains, mesas, washes, desert shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands.

Web Reference

Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) Calflora
Webref 36 - Jepson eFlora (2019) The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

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

Metadata

Record Modified: 2021-06-16
Research By: CBR

Go back