Gilia achilleifolia subsp. multicaulis

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Many-stemmed gilia is a California native annual found in southern North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, southern California Coast, southern California Ranges, southern Channel Islands, and western Transverse Ranges in open or shaded grassy places at elevations of 60 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces white to lavender flowers with delicate petals 5 to 10 millimeters long arranged in open clusters. Growing with trailing to erect stems that vary in form, it can spread across the landscape with multiple branching stems. Its leaves are finely textured, allowing the plant to blend subtly into grassy habitats. The small fruits are ovoid to spheric, measuring 3 to 5.5 millimeters long with reddish-brown seeds.

Habitat: Open or shaded, generally grassy places, sandy or rocky soil

Bloom period: Feb-Jun

Elevation: 60-1200 m

Bioregions: s NCoRI (Solano Co.), SnFrB, SCo, SCoR, s ChI, WTR.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Riverside, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Kern, San Benito, San Diego, Alameda, Santa Barbara, Solano, San Mateo, Fresno, Stanislaus, Contra Costa, Ventura, Los Angeles, Marin, San Bernardino, Merced, Napa, Plumas

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