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coastal gilia
Gilia diegensis
Gilia diegensis is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name coastal gilia.
It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in forest and scrub habitat in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and the deserts to the east.
From the article Gilia diegensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Gilia diegensis produces a usually glandular, erect stem up to 40 centimetres (16 in) centimeters tall. The plant forms a flat basal rosette of sharply lobed, deeply cut leaves each up to 7 centimeters long. There are smaller leaves on the stem which are lance-shaped and lined with teeth. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with purple and yellow throats and white to lavender corolla lobes with protruding stamens tipped with blue anthers.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59665.