Gilia ochroleuca subsp. bizonata

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Gilia ochroleuca subsp. bizonata is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, southern Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and western Mojave Desert on flats at elevations of 240 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces delicate flowers in pale tones with a corolla 8 to 14 millimeters long. Growing with gray-green stems that have lower branches spreading and glaucous below the flowering area, it develops a distinctive tufted appearance. Its leaves are intricately divided, typically 1 to 2 times pinnate with lobes 1 to 15 millimeters long, creating a soft, woolly-textured foliage. The fruit is small and spherical, measuring 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters in diameter.

Habitat: Common. Flats

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 240-2600 m

Bioregions: s SNF, SCoRI, s SCoRO, PR, TR (n slope), w DMoj.

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