PLANTS Profile for Giliastrum acerosum (bluebowls)

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PLANTS Profile

Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.
bluebowls

Symbol:

GIAC4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Forb/herb
Subshrub

L48

Gilia acerosa

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Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.

GIAC3	Gilia acerosa (A. Gray) Britton
GIRIA	Gilia rigidula Benth. ssp. acerosa (A. Gray) Wherry	bluebowls
GIRIA2	Gilia rigidula Benth. var. acerosa A. Gray
GIRIA3	Giliastrum rigidulum (Benth.) Rydb. ssp. acerosum (A. Gray) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.


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Related Taxa:
Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 5 species in Giliastrum

Classification:
Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
Genus	Giliastrum (Brand) Rydb.
Species	Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb. – bluebowls

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Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.

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View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:09 AM CDT