Gilia latiflora subsp. davyi
Davy's broad-flowered gilia, Davy's Broad-Flowered Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native
Davy's broad-flowered gilia is a California native annual found in the southern Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, and southern and western Mojave Desert in open, sandy flats at elevations of 400 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces purple flowers with long-tapered throats 18 to 24 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, some stems are glaucous below the middle while others are tufted with woolly hairs. Its leaves are delicate, though specific leaf details are not provided in the source description. The fruit is relatively small, measuring 6 to 9 millimeters in length.
Habitat: Common. Open, sandy flats
Bloom period: Mar-May
Elevation: 400-1700 m
Bioregions: SCoRI, WTR, s&w DMoj.
California counties: San Bernardino, Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Inyo, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Ventura, Riverside
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