Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis longiflora
Flaxflowered ipomopsis is an airy Southwestern annual with long, pale blue-white trumpet flowers on wispy stems, opening toward evening to draw moths. A delicate, drought-adapted reseeder for sandy ground.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY
Related native plants
More Ipomopsis species
- Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)
- Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
- Thurber's Gilia (Ipomopsis thurberi)