Gilia scopulorum

Rock gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Rock gilia is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada, eastern Mojave Desert, and Desert Sonoran regions in semi-shaded, rocky ravines at elevations below 1,200 meters. Flowering from April to May, this plant produces lavender to pink flowers with yellow throats in delicate, open inflorescences. Growing with erect branches 10 to 30 centimeters tall that are glandular-hairy, it develops lower leaves in a suberect rosette with intricate 1 to 2-pinnate lobes. Its leaves feature translucent glandular hairs with linear axes that merge into short-pointed toothed lobes, while upper leaves become progressively smaller and minimally toothed. The fruit is widely ovoid to spheric, measuring 5 to 6 millimeters long.

Habitat: Semi-shaded, rocky ravines

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: s SNE, e DMoj, DSon

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Los Angeles, Imperial, Riverside, Kern, San Diego, Yolo

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