Gilia australis (Mason & A. Grant) V. Grant.
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Gilia australis (Mason & A. Grant) V. Grant.
Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)NativeGiliaSouthern Gilia |
April Photo
Plant Characteristics:
Branched scapose annual 1-3 dm. high, with basal rosette of villous lvs.;
stems glabrous; infl. glandular, sometimes also sparsely pubescent throughout;
lvs. 1-2-3-pinnate, 2-7 cm. long, the lateral lobes 3-6 on each side, narrow,
5-15 mm. long; infl. cymose; fls. in 2's on
unequal pedicels 4-26 mm. long; calyx 2-4 mm. long; corolla funnelform, 5-10 mm.
long when pressed; tube 2-3 mm. long, limb 4-9 mm. in diam., pale violet or
whitish, with yellow spots in throat, the lobes commonly streaked purple
without; stamens subequal, stigmas 1 mm. long, style included; caps. ellipsoid,
4-6 mm. long, 20-30 seeded; seeds ovoid, 0.5-1 mm. long.
Habitat:
Sandy places, below 4000 ft.; Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, San
Bernardino V. e. to San Diego Co.; Creosote Bush Scrub and Joshua Tree Wd.,
Little San Bernardino Mts. to Palm Springs region; L. Calif.
March-June.
Name:
Named for Felipe Gil, Spanish botanist.
(Munz, Flora So. Calif. 644.
Latin, australis, of the south wind, southern.
(Jaeger 31). Probably
referring to the southerly habitat of the species.
(my comment).
General:
Rare in the study area; found only once, and this on the bluff edge at
the northerly side of 23rd St. It
is interesting that of the four Gilia species found in the study area,
three have been found in this small area. Gilia
australis, however, is the only one of the three to have been found only at
this location. Thinking that I may
have made an error in identification, I rekeyed my specimen in April 1993 and
confirmed that it is G. australis.
John Johnson also confirmed the identity. (my comments).
A genus of about
50 species. (Munz, Flora
So. Calif. 644).
Text Ref:
Munz, Flora So. Calif. 647; Roberts 32.
Photo Ref:
April-May 86 # 14.
Identity: by R. De Ruff, confirmed by F. Roberts.
Computer Ref: Plant Data 321.
Have plant specimen.
Last edit 5/29/03.