Gilia tenuiflora subsp. hoffmannii

Hoffmann's slender-flowered gilia, Hoffmann's Slender-Flowered Gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Endangered

Hoffmann's slender-flowered gilia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in the northern Channel Islands, specifically Santa Rosa Island, in coastal sandhills at elevations below 30 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white to pale lavender flowers approximately 18 to 20 millimeters long with obovate lobes 4 to 6 millimeters wide. Growing with stout stems 6 to 12 centimeters tall, the plant is glabrous near the base and becomes densely glandular towards the top. Its basal leaves form a rosette with delicate 1-pinnate lobes, each measuring 1 to 4 millimeters long and tufted with woolly hairs in the axils. The fruit is relatively small, measuring 6.5 to 7.5 millimeters and typically shorter than the plant's calyx.

Habitat: Coastal sandhills

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 30 m

Bioregions: n ChI (Santa Rosa Island).

California counties: Santa Barbara

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