Loeseliastrum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Loeseliastrum matthewsii (5).jpg | image_caption = ''Loeseliastrum matthewsii'' | taxon = Loeseliastrum | authority = (Brand) Timbrook (1986) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 4; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925341-1 ''Loeseliastrum'' (Brand) Timbrook]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 19 April 2024.</ref> }}

'''''Loeseliastrum''''' ('''calico''')<ref>{{PLANTS|id=LOESE2|taxon=Loeseliastrum|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. It includes four species native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah), northwestern Mexico, and Texas.<ref name = powo/>

Four species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Loeseliastrum depressum'' {{small|(M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} - depressed ipomopsis *''Loeseliastrum franciscanum'' {{small|R.A.Crawford}} *''Loeseliastrum matthewsii'' {{small|(A.Gray) Timbrook}} - desert calico *''Loeseliastrum schottii'' {{small|(Torr.) Timbrook}} - Schott's calico

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==External links== *[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5654,5852 Jepson Manual Treatment]

Category:Polemoniaceae Category:Polemoniaceae genera Category:Flora of Northern America