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Nevada gilia

Gilia brecciarum

Also called Break Gilia

Nevada gilia
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California to Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Gilia brecciarum is an annual flowering plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae), known by the common name Nevada gilia or break gilia.

Where it grows

It is native to the western United States from California and Oregon to Nevada, where it grows in open areas in sandy soils, such as desert, plateau, and dry mountain slopes.

Other Gilia plants

California gilia · Puffcalyx gilia · Chaparral gilia · Southwestern gilia · Showy gilia · Bluehead gilia · Purplespot gilia · Clokey's gilia · Coastal gilia · Lesser yellowthroat gilia · Shy gilia · Hollyleaf gilia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia brecciarum 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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