Biology:Gilia leptantha

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Gilia leptantha
Gilialeptantha.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gilia
Species:
G. leptantha
Binomial name
Gilia leptantha
Parish

Gilia leptantha is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name fineflower gilia.

It is native to California and southern Nevada, where it grows in open mountain and desert habitat.

Description

Gilia leptantha is a small, mostly erect herb with a glandular stem often coated in cobwebby fibers. The leaves are arranged in a rounded basal rosette, each leaf divided sharply into many subdivided lobes.

The top of the stem is an inflorescence of a few pink to lavender flowers with yellow and white throats. The base of the flower is a thin, glandular tube.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5561828 entry