Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones is a plant in the Polemoniaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones

Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones

Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones is an erect branching wildflower with lavender to purple flowers and a seeded capsule fruit.

Family
Genus
Gilia
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones

This wildflower, Gilia scopulorum M.E.Jones, grows an erect, branching stem that reaches up to 30 centimeters tall, growing from a basal rosette of long, straight leaves. Each leaf is composed of leaflets that have pointed teeth, and the entire above-ground plant tissue is hairy and glandular. The stem branches out into inflorescence stalks that are covered in black hair-like glands. Its flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters wide, range in color from lavender to purple, and have yellowish or white throats. The fruit produced is a capsule half a centimeter wide that holds many seeds.

Photo: (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Polemoniaceae Gilia

More from Polemoniaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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