Gilia ophthalmoides
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Gilia ophthalmoides is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family
known by the common name eyed gilia. It is native to the southwestern United States where it can be found in woodlands and high desert plateau.
The small flowers have tubular throats which are purplish to yellowish and a centimeter-wide corolla of light pink lobes. The fruit is a capsule a few millimeters long containing several seeds.
Polemoniaceae
Polemoniaceae are a family of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.Only one genus is found in Europe, and two in Asia, where they...
known by the common name eyed gilia. It is native to the southwestern United States where it can be found in woodlands and high desert plateau.
Description
This wildflower grows a short branching stem reaching 10 to 30 centimeters long and covered in a coating of cobweb-like fibers and whitish glandular hairs. The leaves mostly located at the ground in a basal rosette and are occasional along the stems. Each hairy leaf is divided into toothy leaflets.The small flowers have tubular throats which are purplish to yellowish and a centimeter-wide corolla of light pink lobes. The fruit is a capsule a few millimeters long containing several seeds.