Aliciella triodon

Coyote gilia, Coyote Gilia, coyote gilia, coyote gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Coyote gilia is a rare (CNPS 2B.2) California native annual found in the eastern Desert Mountains, specifically the Clark Mountain Range, in open, sandy or rocky areas, sagebrush scrub, and juniper woodland at elevations of 1,200 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from April to May, this delicate plant produces thread-like stems with flowers featuring a unique purple and yellow corolla, with white-tipped lobes that have three distinctive teeth. Growing 5 to 13 centimeters tall with spreading branches, it develops slender, thread-like stems that emerge from a glandular-puberulent base. Its leaves are particularly distinctive, with basal leaves 5 to 20 millimeters long, ranging from oblanceolate to obovate, and often featuring spreading, short-pointed lobes, while upper leaves remain linear and entire. The plant produces numerous small, narrowly ovoid fruits measuring 3 to 4 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Open, sandy or rocky areas, sagebrush scrub, juniper woodland

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: 1200-1700 m

Bioregions: e DMtns (Clark Mtn Range, uncommon)

California counties: Lassen, San Bernardino, Inyo, Mono

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