Aliciella latifolia subsp. latifolia

Broad-leaved aliciella, Broad-Leaved Aliciella

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Broad-leaved aliciella is a California native annual found in the Mojave Desert and western Inyo Mountains on rocky slopes and washes at elevations below 1,800 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces white and pink to magenta flowers with 7 to 11 millimeters long corollas, the lobes featuring a distinctive color gradient. Growing with spreading branches 10 to 30 centimeters tall and covered in glandular hairs, it has a distinctly skunk-like odor. Its basal leaves are obovate, 1 to 7 centimeters wide, with coarsely toothed edges and needle-like teeth, while upper leaves become progressively reduced to narrow needle-like forms. The fruit produces many deep red-brown seeds in an ovoid capsule 5 to 7 millimeters long.

Habitat: Common. Rocky slopes, washes

Bloom period: (Jan)Apr-May(Jul)

Elevation: < 1800 m

Bioregions: W&ampI, D

California counties: San Bernardino, Imperial, San Diego, Riverside, Inyo, Kern

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.