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Tweedy's gila

Gilia tweedyi

Also called Tweedy's Gilia

Tweedy's gila
Photo: Hollis Jeanne Marriott, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
NW. U.S.A. to Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Gilia tweedyi, or Tweedy's gilia, is an annual plant in the phlox family. It is native to the northwestern United States.

Where it grows

Gilia tweedyi is native to the northwestern US, from Oregon through central Idaho east to Montana, and south to northeast Nevada, Wyoming and northwest Colorado. It grows in juniper woodlands, sagebrush and other desert shrublands, dry grasslands and on dry sparsely vegetated sites, at 500 m (1,600 ft) to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) elevation.

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 tweedyi 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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