Gilia diegensis

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Gilia diegensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gilia
Species:
G. diegensis
Binomial name
Gilia diegensis
(Munz) A.D. Grant & V.E. Grant

Gilia diegensis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family [1] known by the common name coastal gilia.

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It is native to southern California and Baja California, [1] where it grows in forest and scrub habitat in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and the deserts to the east.

Description

Gilia diegensis produces a usually glandular, erect stem up to 40 centimetres (16 in) centimeters tall. The plant forms a flat basal rosette of sharply lobed, deeply cut leaves each up to 7 centimeters long. There are smaller leaves on the stem which are lance-shaped and lined with teeth.

The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with purple and yellow throats and white to lavender corolla lobes with protruding stamens tipped with blue anthers.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gilia inconspicua var. diegensis | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
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