Gilia stellata (Star Gilia)

2/27/05 Nude Wash, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA

CNPS San Bernardino-Riverside Chapter trip

3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

 3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley, 
E. Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Star Gilia

SPECIES: Gilia stellata

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/27/2005

LOCATION: Nude Wash, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA, CNPS San Bernardino-Riverside Chapter trip

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant hairy below; hairs white, sharply bent

Stem: branches generally several from base, 10–40 cm, gland-dotted above

Leaves: basal in rosette, grayish, 1–2-pinnate, axis linear, lobes toothed on both sides, teeth short-pointed; upper cauline minute, entire or 2-toothed

Inflorescence loose; flowers 4–8 per stem; pedicels spreading, in unequal pairs, glabrous or gland-dotted

Flower: calyx hairy or glandular, glands black, stalked; corolla funnel-shaped, tube included or slightly exserted, throat yellow with purple spots, lobes pink or white; stamens, style slightly exerted

Fruit 5–7 mm, widely ovoid

Seeds 3–6 per chamber

Ecology: Common. Sandy desert flats, washes

Elevation: < 1700 m.  

Bioregional distribution: White and Inyo Mountains, Desert 

Distribution outside California: to Utah, Arizona, Baja California

Flowering time: Mar–May