Gilia leptantha

Fineflowered gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Fineflowered gilia is a California native annual found in open grasslands and dry slopes, with specific location and elevation details not provided in the source data. Flowering from late spring to summer, this plant produces delicate flowers with pink to lavender petals and a yellow or white throat, with flower corollas ranging from 9 to 23 millimeters long. Growing with spreading or erect stems that are tufted-woolly-hairy below the middle and glandular above, the plant reaches a modest height. Its basal leaves form a rosette with finely divided, 1-pinnate lobes that are tufted-woolly-hairy, featuring linear leaf axes with short-pointed or acuminate teeth on both sides. The plant's compact flower clusters contain 2 to 6 blossoms with unequal pedicels, creating an intricate and delicate botanical display.

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Inyo, Tulare, Los Angeles

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