Aliciella haydenii ssp. haydenii
(San Juan Gilia)
Aliciella haydenii spp. haydenii, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1302
Aliciella haydenii spp. haydenii, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1299
Aliciella haydenii spp. haydenii, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1281
| Scientific Name | Aliciella haydenii ssp. haydenii (Gilia haydenii) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ALHA6 |
| Common Name | San Juan Gilia, Hayden's Gilia | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 29331 |
| Family | Polemoniaceae (Phlox) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Plains and foothills (4500 to 7500); dry sandy or shaley soils in open areas, open woodlands, and desert scrub. Plant: Erect biennial with thin, branching stems 4 to 20 inches tall, sparsely covered with glandular hairs. Leaves: Basal rosette leaves are lobed, oblanceolate, 5/8 to 2-3/8 inches long and 1/5 to 5/8-inch wide; surfaces are glandular-hairy; stem leaves much smaller, linear and glandular-hairy. Inflorescence: Single, or clusters of up to 5, small tubular flowers at branch tips; pink to magenta corolla tube is 3/8 to 3/4-inch long and is smooth or with just a few glandular hairs; 5 corolla lobes are flaring, oblanceolate and up to 1/4-inch long; flowers become blue when drying; calyx is glandular-hairy, less than 1/4-inch long and with 5 pointed lobes which have dark midveins. Bloom Period: April to September. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, American Southwest and SW Colorado Wildflowers. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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