From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Broad-flowered gilia)

Gilia latiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gilia
Species:
G. latiflora
Binomial name
Gilia latiflora

Gilia latiflora is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names hollyleaf gilia and broad-flowered gilia. It is endemic to deserts and mountains of southern California and the adjacent margin of Nevada. [1] [2]

Description

Gilia latiflora adds lavender to the colorful carpet of spring wildflowers on the sandy washes of the region. The plant starts from a basal rosette of frilly leaves, each of which is made up of many narrow-toothed lobes. The stem is generally too small to notice; instead the plant is scapose, sending stemlike inflorescences directly up from the ground. [1]

Each multibranched inflorescence is green to reddish in color and approaches half a meter in maximum height. The calyx is 2–7 millimetres (0.1–0.3 in) and is more or less glandular. The flowers are fragrant. The corolla is 9–35 millimetres (0.4–1.4 in) across with a purple tube. The upper throat and lobe bases are white grading to lavender at the tips. Protruding from the throat are generally five stamens and one longer style. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gilia latiflora". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Gilia latiflora". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Broad-flowered gilia)

Gilia latiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gilia
Species:
G. latiflora
Binomial name
Gilia latiflora

Gilia latiflora is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names hollyleaf gilia and broad-flowered gilia. It is endemic to deserts and mountains of southern California and the adjacent margin of Nevada. [1] [2]

Description

Gilia latiflora adds lavender to the colorful carpet of spring wildflowers on the sandy washes of the region. The plant starts from a basal rosette of frilly leaves, each of which is made up of many narrow-toothed lobes. The stem is generally too small to notice; instead the plant is scapose, sending stemlike inflorescences directly up from the ground. [1]

Each multibranched inflorescence is green to reddish in color and approaches half a meter in maximum height. The calyx is 2–7 millimetres (0.1–0.3 in) and is more or less glandular. The flowers are fragrant. The corolla is 9–35 millimetres (0.4–1.4 in) across with a purple tube. The upper throat and lobe bases are white grading to lavender at the tips. Protruding from the throat are generally five stamens and one longer style. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gilia latiflora". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Gilia latiflora". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.



Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook