Scientific Family
Polemoniaceae
Synonyms
Gilia giliodes
Other common names
blue false gilia
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Annual
Height
3 to 14 inches
Riparian
Yes
Annual with hairy stems and leaves. Flowers are tubular, deep blue to purple.
Flowers bright blue or violet, corolla tubular and funnel-form, seeds 1 per chamber.
Habitat
Open, sandy, generally damp or grassy areas.
Plant Community
Grasslands
Interior Chaparral
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Riparian
Low elevation
3000
High elevation
5000
Flower Characteristics
Flowers are five petaled, tubular, and deep blue to purple in color. There are 2 to 8 flowers in each elongated cluster.
Flower color
Deep blue to purplish
Flower shape
Regular
Tubular
Yes
First bloom month
March
Last bloom month
May
Flower clusters
Elongated
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves are alternate, dark green, and generally deeply pinnately lobed at the base. Upper leaves are linear to lanceolate.
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Green
Leaf shape
Pinnatifid
Leaf margin
Smooth
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Seed capsules are round and light brown in color.
Fruit type
Capsule
Fruit color
Brownish
1 to 3 per capsule, round, tiny and black.