Gilia nevinii

Nevin's gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Nevin's gilia is a California native annual found in the Channel Islands in rocky, grassy coastal canyons at elevations of 7 to 600 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces lavender flowers with a narrow yellow throat, approximately 8 to 14 millimeters long. Growing with erect branches 10 to 40 centimeters tall, covered in white or translucent hairs, it has a delicate and intricate structure. Its leaves are 2 to 3-pinnate-lobed, with extremely fine lobes less than 1 millimeter wide, and are sparingly hairy. The plant produces blue pollen and contains 24 to 36 seeds in a narrowly ovoid fruit measuring 6 to 8 millimeters long.

Habitat: Rocky, grassy slopes, coastal canyons

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 7-600 m

Bioregions: ChI

California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino

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