Gilia sinuata

Rosy gilia, Rosy Gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Rosy gilia is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, southern Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, San Jacinto Mountains, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert in open, sandy flats at elevations of 150 to 2,750 meters. Flowering from April to June, this delicate plant produces purple, lavender, or white flowers with white-veined purple corollas and yellow throats, measuring 7 to 12 millimeters long. Growing with 1 to several spreading stems 13 to 34 centimeters tall, it forms a prostrate rosette with glaucous lower stems. Its basal leaves are pinnate-lobed with spreading, toothed segments, while cauline leaves become progressively reduced and clasping. The small fruit measures 4 to 7 millimeters long, containing 9 to 27 seeds.

Habitat: Open, sandy flats

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 150-2750 m

Bioregions: s SNF, SCoRO, WTR, SnJt, GB, DMoj

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Kern, Siskiyou, Los Angeles, Riverside, Mono, Lassen, San Diego, Ventura, Modoc, Tulare, Santa Barbara, Sierra, Plumas, Santa Clara, San Benito

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