Saltugilia latimeri

Latimer's woodland-gilia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Latimer's woodland-gilia is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and desert regions in dry desert slopes and rocky soils at elevations of 400 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces delicate purple and pink flowers with acute lobe tips, the corolla tube extending beyond the calyx. Growing with slender stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, branching from the base with several secondary stems. Its leaves are delicate, with multiple branching patterns supporting small flower clusters. The tiny fruit measures 3.5 to 5 millimeters long, containing 6 to 9 seeds per chamber.

Habitat: dry desert slopes, coarse sand to rocky soils

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 400-1900 m

Bioregions: TR, PR, D.

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo

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