Gilia cana subsp. speciformis

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Gilia cana subsp. speciformis is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert regions on basalt gravel and sandy habitats at elevations of 90 to 2,290 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces delicate white to pale lavender flowers with slender pedicels in spreading pairs. Growing with densely tufted stems, it develops compact clusters of woolly-hairy basal leaves up to 5 centimeters long. Its leaves form intricate, dense tufts with soft, woolly texture, creating a distinctive silvery-green appearance. The fruit is widely ovoid to spheric, measuring 5 to 8 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Generally basalt gravel, sand

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 90-2290 m

Bioregions: s SNH, DMoj

California counties: San Bernardino, 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.