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Eyed gilia

Gilia ophthalmoides

Also called Eyed Gily Flower, Eyelike Gilia, Yellow Eyed Gilia

Eyed gilia
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Eyed gilia is a small annual wildflower from the southwestern United States, found in woodlands and high desert plateaus. Give it full sun or light shade and well-drained soil, and let it self-seed.

Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly; let the soil dry out between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to warm temperate conditions; tolerates light frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. U.S.A. to NC. New Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Gilia ophthalmoides is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name eyed gilia. It is native to the Southwestern United States where it can be found in woodlands and high desert plateau.

Other Gilia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia ophthalmoides 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.

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