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Gilia scopulorum
Also called Rocky Mountain Gilia, Rock Gily Flower
Rock gilia is a small annual wildflower from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, with lavender to purple flowers and a branching stem up to about 30 cm. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower for dry, sunny, well-drained sites.
Gilia scopulorum is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names rock gilia and Rocky Mountain gilia. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia scopulorum 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.
