Saltugilia caruifolia

Saltugilia caruifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Saltugilia
Species: S. caruifolia
Binomial name
Saltugilia caruifolia
(Abrams) L.A. Johnson
Synonyms

Gilia caruifolia

Saltugilia caruifolia (syn. Gilia caruifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names carawayleaf gilia[1] and caraway-leaved woodland-gilia. It is native to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in local habitat types such as chaparral. This herb produces a thin stem 12 centimeters to about a meter long. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long at the base of the plant and divided into many finely subdivided lobes. The top of the stem branches into an inflorescence dotted with many glands. It produces flowers with lavender lobes dotted with darker purple near the bases.

References

  1. "Saltugilia caruifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 October 2015.


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