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Inyo gilia

Linanthus inyoensis

Inyo gilia
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Polemoniaceae (Polemoni family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California to Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Linanthus inyoensis (formerly Gilia inyoensis) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Inyo gilia.

It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it is a common member of the flora in several types of habitat at the western edge of the Great Basin where it meets the Sierra Nevada into the High Sierra Nevada, Inyo Mountains, and White Mountains.

Other Linanthus plants

Harkness' flaxflower · Desertbeauty · Bigelow's linanthus · San Gabriel linanthus · Desertsnow · Fringed linanthus · Eveningsnow · Yellow gilia · Jones' linanthus · Baldwin Lake linanthus · Orcutt's linanthus · Sandblossoms

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Linanthus inyoensis 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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