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Clokey's gilia

Gilia clokeyi

Clokey's gilia
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to New Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Gilia clokeyi is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Clokey's gilia. It is native to the south-western United States from California to Colorado, where it grows in desert and other habitat.

The herb produces an erect stem up to 17 centimeters tall often coated in cobwebby fibers on the lower parts and glandular hairs above. The lobed leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and are located in a basal rosette at ground level and also on the lower part of the stem.

Where it grows

Clokey's gilia is native to the western Unisted States from New Mexico and Colorado westwards to California. In Colorado it grows in a two western counties while in New Mexico it grows in three counties in the northwest corner of the state. It is found through much of southern Utah and northern Arizona, but is both southern Nevada and Washoe County in the northwest. The species is confined to the southeast of California.

Other Gilia plants

California gilia · Puffcalyx gilia · Chaparral gilia · Southwestern gilia · Nevada gilia · Showy gilia · Bluehead gilia · Purplespot gilia · Coastal gilia · Lesser yellowthroat gilia · Shy gilia · Hollyleaf gilia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia clokeyi 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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