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
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT