Biology:Gilia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Gilia
Gilia achilleifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Gilia Ruiz & Pav.
Species
See text

Gilia is a genus of between 25 and 50 species of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family and is related to phlox. These Western native plants are best sown in sunny, well-draining soil in the temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, where they occur mainly in desert or semi-desert habitats

They are summer annuals, rarely perennials, growing to 10–120 cm tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, usually pinnate (rarely simple), forming a basal rosette in most species. The flowers are produced in a panicle, with a five-lobed corolla, which can be blue, white, pink or yellow.

Gilia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia aurantiaca and Schinia biundulata (the latter feeds exclusively on G. cana).

Selected species

Gilia achilleifolia California gilia Gilia aliquanta Puffcalyx gilia Gilia angelensis Chaparral gilia Gilia austrooccidentalis Southwestern gilia Gilia brecciarum Nevada gilia Gilia cana Showy gilia Gilia capitata Bluehead gilia / globe gilia Gilia clivorum Purplespot gilia Gilia clokeyi Clokey's gilia Gilia crassifolia Gilia diegensis Coastal gilia Gilia flavocincta Lesser yellowthroat gilia Gilia gossypifera Gilia inconspicua Shy gilia Gilia interior Inland gilia Gilia involucrata Gilia lanuginosa Gilia latiflora Hollyleaf gilia Gilia leptantha Fineflower gilia Gilia malior Scrub gilia Gilia mexicana El Paso gilia

Gilia micromeria Great Basin gilia Gilia millefoliata Manyleaf gilia Gilia minor Little gilia Gilia modocensis Modoc gilia Gilia nevinii Nevin's gilia Gilia nudicaulis Gilia ochroleuca Volcanic gilia Gilia ophthalmoides Eyed gilia Gilia pusilla Gilia ramosissima Gilia salticola Salt gilia Gilia scopulorum Rock gilia Gilia sinuata Rosy gilia Gilia stellata Star gilia Gilia stewartii Stewart's gilia Gilia tenuiflora Greater yellowthroat gilia Gilia transmontana Transmontane gilia Gilia tricolor Bird's-eye gilia Gilia tweedyi Tweedy's gilia Gilia valdiviensis Gilia yorkii Boyden Cave gilia

References

• Flora of Chile: Gilia (pdf file)

Wikidata ☰ Q2704906 entry