Gilia sinuata

Taxobox
name = "Gilia sinuata"


image_width = 220px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Polemoniaceae
genus = "Gilia"
species = "G. sinuata"
binomial = "Gilia sinuata"
binomial_authority = Dougl. ex Benth.

"Gilia sinuata" is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name rosy gilia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, where it can be found in a number of open habitats. This wildflower produces a basal rosette of toothed leaves from which grow one or more erect, multibranched stems. The stems are pale green with pinkish or purplish tinting and have a few scattered toothed leaves, especially near branching junctions. The inflorescence holds a cluster of flowers, each on a short pedicel. Each flower has a long, tubular throat which is pink or lavender, often striped in white. It opens into a flat-faced or somewhat bell-shaped corolla with five lavender or pinkish lobes.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5654,5690,5765 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GISI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Gilia+sinuata Photo gallery]