Gilia latiflora subsp. latiflora

Broad-leaved gilia, Broad-Leaved Gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Broad-leaved gilia is a California native annual found in the Tehachapi, Western Transverse Ranges, San Gabriel Mountains, northern San Bernardino Mountains, and southwestern Mojave Desert regions on open, sandy flats at elevations of 120 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces white flowers with purple throat bases and yellow spots, delicately veined in white, with corollas 15 to 22 millimeters long. Growing with glabrous stems 10 to 33 centimeters tall that are glaucous below the middle, the plant has an elegant, slender form. Its leaves are finely structured, though specific leaf details are not prominent in the source description. The fruit measures 6 to 9 millimeters long, completing the plant's reproductive cycle.

Habitat: Common. Open, sandy flats

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: 120-2500 m

Bioregions: Teh, WTR, SnGb, SnBr (n base), sw DMoj.

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego

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