Biology:Saltugilia splendens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Saltugilia splendens
Giliasplendens.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Saltugilia
Species:
S. splendens
Binomial name
Saltugilia splendens
(Douglas ex H.Mason & A.D.Grant) L.A.Johnson
Synonyms
  • Gilia splendens

Saltugilia splendens, is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names splendid woodland-gilia,[1] Grinnell's gilia and splendid gilia.

It is endemic to California , where it grows in the chaparral and forests of the southern California Coast Ranges, the Transverse Ranges, and the San Jacinto Mountains.

Description

Saltugilia splendens is a gangly wildflower producing an erect stem with very slender branches reaching a maximum height near 80 centimeters. The stem is mostly naked with most of the intricately lobed leaves located in a basal rosette near ground level.

The inflorescence is open, bearing tiny flowers at the ends of thin, gland-dotted branches. Each flower is a pinkish, trumpet-shaped bloom up to around a centimeter long with protruding blue to lavender style and stamens.

The fruit is a capsule less than a centimeter long.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7406208 entry