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Broad-leaf gilia

Aliciella latifolia

Also called Broad Leaved Gilia

Broad-leaf gilia
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to Mexico (Baja California Norte, Sonora)
Climate
temperate

About

Aliciella latifolia (formerly Gilia latifolia), 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.

Where it grows

It grows in the eastern and northern Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert. 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.

Other Aliciella plants

Rabbit Valley gilia · Aztec gilia · Sand gilia · Dainty gilia · Black Canyon gilia · Stonecrop gilia · Pinyon gilia · Coral gilia · Mussentuchit Creek gilia · Coyote gilia · Aliciella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aliciella latifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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