| Gilia diegensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Gilia |
| Species: | G. diegensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gilia diegensis (Munz) A.D. Grant & V.E. Grant | |
Gilia diegensis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name coastal gilia.
It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in forest and scrub habitat in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and the deserts to the east.
Description
Gilia diegensis produces a usually glandular, erect stem up to 40 centimetres (16 in) centimeters tall. The plant forms a flat basal rosette of sharply lobed, deeply cut leaves each up to 7 centimeters long. There are smaller leaves on the stem which are lance-shaped and lined with teeth.
The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with purple and yellow throats and white to lavender corolla lobes with protruding stamens tipped with blue anthers.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gilia diegensis |
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| Gilia inconspicua var. diegensis | |
- Gilia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- San Bernardino Mountains
- San Gabriel Mountains
- Natural history of San Diego County, California