Aliciella latifolia | |
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Aliciella latifolia in Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Aliciella |
Species: | A. latifolia
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Binomial name | |
Aliciella latifolia (S.Watson) J.M.Porter
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Synonyms | |
Gilia latifolia S.Watson |
Aliciella latifolia (formerly Gilia latifolia), [1] also known as broad-leaved gilia, is a foul smelling annual plant in the Phlox family ( Polemoniaceae) found in deserts of the southwestern United States. [2] [3]: 114
It grows in the eastern and northern Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert. [2] It is common in desert dry washes and on rocky hillsides below 2,000', and in creosote bush scrub, especially where there is desert varnish. [2]
It is an annual growing from 4" to 12" tall. [2]
Leaves are simple, leathery, and ovate to round, with toothed margins sometimes[ citation needed] tinged with pink to red. [2] Leaves are unusual with broad holly-like leaves, compared to its relatives which have pinnately divided leaves. [3]: 114
Flowers have five sepals, five petals fused into a narrow, funnel-shaped, corolla tube. Its five stamens alternate with the lobes of the corolla.[ citation needed] Flowers occur in a cluster at the end of the stems. [2] The outside of the corolla is pale pink to tan, and the inside is pink to bright red, with stamens of unequal length that barely protrude past the corolla. [2]
Fruits are capsules with 3-compartments, each having many reddish-brown seeds. [2]
Aliciella latifolia | |
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Aliciella latifolia in Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Aliciella |
Species: | A. latifolia
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Binomial name | |
Aliciella latifolia (S.Watson) J.M.Porter
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Synonyms | |
Gilia latifolia S.Watson |
Aliciella latifolia (formerly Gilia latifolia), [1] also known as broad-leaved gilia, is a foul smelling annual plant in the Phlox family ( Polemoniaceae) found in deserts of the southwestern United States. [2] [3]: 114
It grows in the eastern and northern Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert. [2] It is common in desert dry washes and on rocky hillsides below 2,000', and in creosote bush scrub, especially where there is desert varnish. [2]
It is an annual growing from 4" to 12" tall. [2]
Leaves are simple, leathery, and ovate to round, with toothed margins sometimes[ citation needed] tinged with pink to red. [2] Leaves are unusual with broad holly-like leaves, compared to its relatives which have pinnately divided leaves. [3]: 114
Flowers have five sepals, five petals fused into a narrow, funnel-shaped, corolla tube. Its five stamens alternate with the lobes of the corolla.[ citation needed] Flowers occur in a cluster at the end of the stems. [2] The outside of the corolla is pale pink to tan, and the inside is pink to bright red, with stamens of unequal length that barely protrude past the corolla. [2]
Fruits are capsules with 3-compartments, each having many reddish-brown seeds. [2]