Aliciella latifolia (Broad-leaved Gilia, Broad-leaved Aliciella)

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

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

4/3/11 Shavers Well, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Broad-leaved Gilia, Broad-leaved Aliciella

SPECIES: Aliciella latifolia

FAMILY: Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/3/2011

LOCATION: Shavers Well, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

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From Jepson eFlora Taxon Page:

Habit: Annual, odor skunk-like. 

Stem: 10--30 cm, branches spreading, glandular-hairy below. 

Leaf: basal petioled, occasionally not rosetted, blade obovate, 1--7 cm wide, coarsely dentate (teeth needle-like), glandular-hairy, hairs often appressed; upper leaves reduced, needle-like. 

Flower: calyx fused in lower 1/2, lobes fine-pointed; corolla 7--11 mm, tube white, lobes pink or magenta adaxially, pale pink abaxially; stamens attached in lower throat, unequal, longest +- exserted, filaments (at least longest) papillate, pollen white. 

Fruit: 5--7 mm, >= calyx, ovoid. 

Seed: many, deep red-brown. 

Ecology: Common. Rocky slopes, washes; 

Elevation: < 1800 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: W&I, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Utah, Arizona. 

Flowering Time: (Jan)Apr--May(Jul) 

Note: Other subsp. in Utah. 

Synonyms: Gilia latifolia S. Watson; Gilia latifolia subsp. latifolia; Gilia latifolia var. latifolia

Unabridged Note: Aliciella latifolia subsp. imperialis (S.L. Welsh) J.M. Porter restricted to Utah.

eFlora Treatment Author: J. Mark Porter