Gilia ochroleuca subsp. exilis

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Gilia ochroleuca subsp. exilis is a California native annual found in southern California coastal regions, southern Channel Islands, southern San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, and western desert areas in flats at elevations of 100 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from March to August, this plant produces flowers with a distinctive white corolla tube streaked with purple, yellow throat, and blue lobes, creating a striking multicolored effect. Growing with yellow-green branches that are tufted and woolly-hairy, the plant forms compact, intricate clusters. Its leaves are tufted and woolly, ranging from entire to slightly lobed, giving the plant a soft, textured appearance. The fruit is small and spherical, measuring 3.8 to 4.5 millimeters in diameter.

Habitat: Common. Flats

Bloom period: Mar-Aug

Elevation: 100-2500 m

Bioregions: SCo, SnGb, s SnBr, PR, w D

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

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