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Gilia yorkii
Also called Monarch Gilia
Boyden Cave gilia is a rare annual wildflower from one canyon in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, growing in rock crevices on limestone cliffs. It is rarely grown in gardens, and cultivation advice is general, so it is best treated as a wild species to observe rather than a garden plant.
Gilia yorkii is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Boyden Cave gily-flower. It is endemic to Fresno County, California, where it is known from only one location in the southern Sierra Nevada. This plant grows in rock cracks in the limestone cliffs and outcrops in the chaparral and woodlands of the canyon.
It was first discovered on July 31, 1995, near Boyden Cave in the Kings River Canyon, and described to science as a new species in 1998. To date there are only three documented occurrences in the vicinity of Boyden Cave.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gilia yorkii 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.
