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Gilia flavocincta
Lesser yellowthroat gilia is a small desert annual in the phlox family that sprouts after winter rain and blooms in patches of pink-lavender flowers. It grows best in full sun with very little water, and it is typically sown or left to self-seed rather than grown as a container plant.
Gilia flavocincta, the lesser yellowthroat gilia, is a plant in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) found in the Arizona Uplands of the Sonoran Desert. The plants grow in extensive patches of pink-lavender flowers that fill the air with a sweet honey scent.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia flavocincta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
