Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Ipomopsis multiflora (Nuttall) V. Grant
(Many Flowered Gilia, Many Flowered Skyrocket)

Family: Polemoniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Gilia brachysiphon Wooton & Standley
Gilia multiflora Nuttall

Ipomopsis multiflora has purple flowers arranged in a spike. The flowers are smaller than those of Ipomopsis aggregata or Ipomopsis longiflora. The stamens of Ipomopsis multiflora are exserted. The corolla tube is two to three times the length of the lobes. Ipomopsis multiflora is found in dry hillsides.
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Ipomopsis multiflora, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, Aug. 1, 2007

Ipomopsis multiflora, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Deadman Canyon, Oct. 6, 2008

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