Saltugilia splendens

Saltugilia splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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 (syn. Gilia 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

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

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