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Macomb's skyrocket
Ipomopsis macombii
Ipomopsis macombii is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. Its common name is Macomb's skyrocket or Macomb's standing-cypress. It is a perennial plant native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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Description
Flowers of Ipomopsis macombii are tubular with five petals at the end and with blueish stamens that extend shortly from the opening. Flowers are purple and spotted with darker purple.
Range & habitat
It is native to Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, and to the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico. Ipomopsis macombii grows in several protected areas, including Coronado National Forest (many areas, including Chiricahua Wilderness), Chiricahua National Monument, Southwestern Research Station (American Museum of Natural History), and San Rafael State Park in Arizona. In New Mexico it is known from Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, Gila National Forest, and Coronado National Forest. In Sonora it grows on land protected by the Bavispe Flora and Fauna Protection Area and the Cuenca Los Ojos Foundation.
Wikipedia: “Range”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164111.