Ipomopsis ramosa

Ipomopsis ramosa, coral ipomopsis, is a rare plant in the phlox family from southwestern Colorado.

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Coral ipomopsis is a biennial to perennial herbaceous plant that usually grows multiple flowering stems 25 to 44 centimeters (10–17.5 in) tall. It grows a substantial taproot as much as 24 cm (9.5 in) long topped by a caudex, that can be branched and 3 cm (1 in) thick. The often red stems are slightly hairy and glandular toward the base and increasingly so towards their ends. They are stiff, 3–4 millimeters thick, and each one branched four to nine times, though occasionally as many as 13 times. In the first year of growth Coral ipomopsis has a rosette of basal leaves 5 to 9 centimeters (2–3.5 in) in diameter. The leaves are covered in sparsely in long soft hairs, especially along the central vein of the feathery leaves, though the basal leaves are mostly faded by the time of flowering. The leave attached to the stems are 3–5 cm (1–2 in) long low on the stem and gradually become smaller higher up. They are pinnatisect, deeply divided, with the side lobes narrow and grass-like, as much a 2.5 cm long. Both sides of the leaves are sparsely glandular and produce a scent that is pleasant and spicy. Blooming starts in late May with the peak usually in mid-July and concludes in mid-August. The flowers are trumpet shaped and somewhat translucent with coral-streaks on a white background or solidly coral colored, though colorless at the base inside the sepals. The flower opens to five pointed lobes 8 mm long and coral-pink dotted. Each is 1.4–1.7 cm long from the split of the lobes to the base of the floral tube.