Microgilia

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Microgilia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Microgilia
J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson (2000)
Species:
M. minutiflora
Binomial name
Microgilia minutiflora
(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson (2000)
Synonyms [1]
  • Collomia linoidesNutt. (1848)
  • Gilia minutiflora Benth. (1845) (basionym)
  • Gilia minutiflora var. tweedyiBrand (1907)
  • Ipomopsis minutiflora(Benth.) V.E.Grant (1956)
  • Navarretia minutiflora(Benth.) Kuntze (1891)

Microgilia minutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Microgilia. It is an annual native to Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington in the northwestern United States and to British Columbia in western Canada. [1]

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