Loeseliastrum schottii

Schott gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Schott gilia is a California native annual found in southwestern San Joaquin Valley, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Great Basin, and desert regions in sandy desert washes, flats, and slopes at elevations generally below 1,800 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces white to pink flowers 8 to 15 millimeters long with distinctive maroon-streaked lobe bases and a two-lipped corolla. Growing with delicate stems reaching up to 30 centimeters tall, it spreads across open desert landscapes. Its leaves are largest near the base, oblanceolate with coarse teeth that end in bristle-like tips, creating a distinctive textured appearance. The flower's upper lip extends about half to three-quarters the length of the corolla tube, with lobes tipped in delicate bristles.

Habitat: Common. Desert washes, flats, slopes, sandy to gravelly soils

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: generally < 1800 m

Bioregions: sw SnJV, s SCoRO (Cuyama Valley), SCoRI, WTR, SNE, D

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Imperial, San Diego, Ventura, Kern, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Mono, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, Mariposa, Fresno

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