S. Timbrook

Loeseliastrum (calico) 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. Four species are accepted. Loeseliastrum depressum (M.E.Jones ex A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson - depressed ipomopsis Loeseliastrum franciscanum R.A.Crawford Loeseliastrum matthewsii (A.Gray) Timbrook - desert calico Loeseliastrum schottii (Torr.) Timbrook - Schott's calico

Loeseliastrum schottii is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Schott's calico. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is common in many parts of the desert region. It is a small, hairy annual herb with alternately arranged leaves each up to 4 centimeters long and edged with long bristle-tipped teeth. The flower generally has three lobes on its upper lip and two on its lower. It is spotted to mottled in pattern, varying in color from purple-speckled white to orange-speckled yellow, sometimes with reds and pinks. The

Loeseliastrum matthewsii is an annual herbaceous plant of the Polemoniaceae family known by the common name desert calico. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of western North America, where it is relatively common. It is a small plant with alternately arranged leaves, each up to 4 centimeters long and edged with bristle-tipped teeth. The flower is white, lavender, and purple streaked with a maroon arch over a white patch on each of the upper lobes. The plant was named for Washington Matthews.

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