Summary ⁷

Gilia stellata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name star gilia. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a common resident of desert washes and sandy mountain slopes.

Description ⁸

The erect, branching stem reaches a maximum height around 40 centimeters and is coated in stiff, white hairs and stalked glands. Leaves are mostly arranged in a basal rosette at the ground, each leaf composed of toothlike leaflets.

The inflorescence is an array of several small funnel-shaped flowers. Each flower has a corolla of five pointed lobes in shades of light pink or lavender and a yellowish throat.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) John Game, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/47945928@N02/4459467943/
2. (c) Tony Iwane, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tony Iwane
3. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
4. (c) Patrick Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/aspidoscelis/7915916514/
5. (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/127605180@N04/16289856326/
6. (c) Patrick Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/aspidoscelis/7915918390/
7. Adapted by Jeny Davis from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilia_stellata
8. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilia_stellata

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