Ipomopsis longiflora, commonly known as flaxflowered gilia or flaxflowered ipomopsis, is a plant species. The Zuni people utilize the dried, powdered flowers and water of I. longiflora subsp. longiflora to prepare a poultice for removing hair from newborns and children.
Taxonomy The first scientific description of Ipomopsis longiflora was by John Torrey in 1828; he placed it in the genus Cantua with the name Cantua longiflora. It was moved to the genus Gilia in 1837 by George Don and to Ipomopsis in 1956 by Verne Grant, giving the species its accepted name. Together with its genus it is classified in the Polemoniaceae family and has three accepted subspecies.
Ipomopsis longiflora subsp. australis – Native to New Mexico, Arizona, & Sonora Ipomopsis longiflora subsp. longiflora – Western central US and northern Mexico Ipomopsis longiflora subsp. neomexicana – The Four Corners states and Texas
Ipomopsis longiflora has ten synonyms of the species and its three subspecies.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes Batanthes longiflora 1832 species I. longiflora ≡ hom. Cantua longiflora 1828 species I. longiflora ≡ hom. Collomia longiflora 1870 species I. longiflora ≡ hom. Gilia longiflora 1837 species I. longiflora ≡ hom. Gilia longiflora var. laxiflora 1907 variety subsp. longiflora = het. Ipomopsis longiflora var. australis 2003 variety subsp. australis ≡ hom. Ipomopsis longiflora var. neomexicana 2003 variety subsp. neomexicana ≡ hom. Navarretia longiflora 1891 species I. longiflora ≡ hom. Navarretia longiflora var. denverensis 1891 variety subsp. longiflora = het. Polemonium candidum 1893 species subsp. longiflora = het. Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym ; = heterotypic synonym
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