{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Leptosiphonaureus.jpg |image_caption = ''Leptosiphon aureus'' |taxon = Leptosiphon |authority = Benth. (1833) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 32; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317474-2 ''Leptosiphon'' Benth.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 17 April 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Dactylophyllum'' {{small|Spach (1840)}} *''Linanthastrum'' {{small|Ewan (1942)}} *''Siphonella'' {{small|A.Heller (1912), nom. illeg.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Leptosiphon''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goodwillie |first=Carol |date=1999 |title=MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF SELF-COMPATIBILITY IN''LINANTHUS''SECTION''LEPTOSIPHON''(POLEMONIACEAE): PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL-TRANSCRIBED-SPACER SEQUENCE DATA |journal=Evolution |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=1387–1395 |doi=10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05403.x |issn=0014-3820|doi-access=free |pmid=28565552 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Goodwillie |first1=Carol |last2=Ness |first2=Jennifer M. |date=June 2013 |title=Interactions of hybridization and mating systems: A case study in Leptosiphon (Polemoniaceae) |url=https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3732/ajb.1200616 |journal=American Journal of Botany |language=en |volume=100 |issue=6 |pages=1002–1013 |doi=10.3732/ajb.1200616 |pmid=23507735 |issn=0002-9122|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Many included species were formerly classified as members of the genus ''Linanthus''. Some species of this genus are grown as ornamental plants.

==Species== 32 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Leptosiphon acicularis'' {{small|Jeps.}} - bristly linanthus *''Leptosiphon ambiguus'' {{small|(Rattan) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - serpentine linanthus *''Leptosiphon androsaceus'' {{small|Benth.}} - false babystars *''Leptosiphon bicolor'' {{small|Nutt.}} - true babystars *''Leptosiphon bolanderi'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Bolander's linanthus *''Leptosiphon breviculus'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Mojave linanthus *''Leptosiphon chrysanthus'' {{small|J.M.Porter}} *''Leptosiphon ciliatus'' {{small|(Benth.) Jeps.}} - whiskerbrush *''Leptosiphon croceus'' {{small|(Eastw.) Strother & Kersh}} *''Leptosiphon filipes'' {{small|(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - thread linanthus *''Leptosiphon floribundus'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - manyflower linanthus *''Leptosiphon grandiflorus'' {{small|Benth.}} - largeflower linanthus *''Leptosiphon harknessii'' {{small|(Curran) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Harkness flaxflower *''Leptosiphon jamauensis'' {{small|(Moran) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} *''Leptosiphon jepsonii'' {{small|(Schemske & Goodw.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Jepson's linanthus *''Leptosiphon latisectus'' {{small|(E.G.Buxton) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Coast Range linanthus *''Leptosiphon laxus'' {{small|(Vasey & Rose) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} *''Leptosiphon lemmonii'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Lemmon's linanthus *''Leptosiphon liniflorus'' {{small|(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - narrowflower flaxflower *''Leptosiphon melingii'' {{small|(Wiggins) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} *''Leptosiphon montanus'' {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - mustang clover *''Leptosiphon nudatus'' {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Tehachapi linanthus *''Leptosiphon nuttallii'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Nuttall's linanthus *''Leptosiphon oblanceolatus'' {{small|(Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Sierra Nevada linanthus *''Leptosiphon pachyphyllus'' {{small|(R.Patt.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Sierra linanthus *''Leptosiphon parviflorus'' {{small|Benth.}} - variable linanthus (synonym ''Leptosiphon aureus'' - golden linanthus) *''Leptosiphon pusillus'' {{small|(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} *''Leptosiphon pygmaeus'' {{small|(Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - pygmy linanthus *''Leptosiphon rattanii'' {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Rattan linanthus *''Leptosiphon rosaceus'' {{small|(Hook.f.) Battaglia}} *''Leptosiphon septentrionalis'' {{small|(H.Mason) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - northern linanthus *''Leptosiphon serrulatus'' {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - Madera linanthus

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