Aliciella lottiae

Lott's aliciella

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS CBR

Lott's aliciella is a California native annual found in the Great Basin, western Mojave Desert, and eastern Desert Mountains including the Clark Mountain Range in sandy sagebrush scrub at elevations of 400 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate white flowers with pink or lavender lobes and yellow-spotted white throats. Growing with spreading branches 5 to 43 centimeters tall and covered in fine glandular hairs, it features distinctive fleshy basal leaves up to 11 centimeters long that are lanceolate and deeply divided or serrated. Its lower leaves are broad and complex, with spreading lobes and a wide midrib, while upper stem leaves are narrow and entire. The small fruit is ovoid, 3 to 5 millimeters long, with a pointed tip containing numerous seeds.

Habitat: Sandy soils, sagebrush scrub

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 400-2100 m

Bioregions: GB, w DMoj, e DMtns (Clark Mtn Range)

California counties: San Bernardino, Lassen, Inyo, Modoc, Mono, Kern, Los Angeles

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