About Leptosiphon montanus (Greene) R.Patt.
Leptosiphon montanus (Greene) R.Patt. is an annual herb that produces a thin, hairy stem that can grow up to 60 centimeters tall. Its leaves are divided into needle-like, linear lobes, each 2 to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head made up of small but showy flowers. Each flower has a long, hairy, dark red tube that can reach up to 3 centimeters in length, which spreads out into a flat corolla. The corolla lobes are white, or range in color from light to deep pink, and are marked with reddish spots at the yellow and white throat. This plant blooms from April to July. This species is endemic to California, where it grows in dry openings in oak woodland habitats in the western Sierra Nevada foothills, at elevations between 300 and 1,700 metres (980 to 5,580 ft).
