Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Gilia inconspicua (J.E. Smith) Sweet
(Shy Gilia)

Family: Polemoniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Gilia clokeyi Mason
Gilia ophthalmoides Brand subsp. clokeyi (Mason) A. & V. Grant
Ipomopsis inconspicua J.E. Smith

Gilia inconspicua is a small herb with rose pink colored flowers. The leaves and stem are hairy. There is a basal rosette of pinnatifid leaves. Gilia inconspicua is found growing at the bottom of dry creekbeds in early spring at lower elevations.
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Gilia inconspicua, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, Apr. 12, 2008

Gilia inconspicua, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, Apr. 12, 2008

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