[Baby Stars and Linanthus: The Genera Leptosiphon and Linanthus East of the Cascade Mountains]

Baker's Babystars, Bolander's Desert-trumpets, Bolander's Linanthus

Leptosiphon bolanderi

Synonyms: Linanthus bakeri, Linanthus bolanderi

Baker's Babystars, Bolander's Desert-trumpets, Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri)

A close-up of the flower of Baker's linanthus as photographed on slopes above Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area to the north of the Columbia River Gorge...........May 8, 2009.

Baker's Babystars, Bolander's Desert-trumpets, Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri)

A close-up of the corolla tube and underside of the corolla lobes of Baker's linanthus as photographed on slopes above Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area to the north of the Columbia River Gorge..........May 8, 2009.

Baker's Babystars, Bolander's Desert-trumpets, Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri)

Note the long pedicel and calyx which is nearly as long as the corolla tube. Photographed on slopes above Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area to the north of the Columbia River Gorge..........May 8, 2009.

Baker's Babystars, Bolander's Desert-trumpets, Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri)

Another view of Baker's linanthus. Note again the long pedicel and calyx which is nearly as long as the corolla tube. Note also the whorls of tiny stem leaves. Photographed on slopes above Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area to the north of the Columbia River Gorge............May 8, 2009.

Paul Slichter