PLANTS Profile for Gilia capitata (bluehead gilia)

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PLANTS Profile

Gilia capitata Sims
bluehead gilia

Symbol:

GICA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Gilia capitata Sims

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Distribution:
Gilia capitata Sims


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, IL, NM, NY, OH, OR, UT, VT, WA), CAN (BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Gilia capitata Sims

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 33 species in Gilia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. abrotanifolia (Nutt. ex Greene) V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia
bluehead gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata. .

Gilia capitata ssp. capitata
bluehead gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. chamissonis (Greene) V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. chamissonis
bluehead gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. mediomontana V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana
foothill gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. pacifica V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. pacifica
Pacific gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. pedemontana V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. pedemontana
bluehead gilia

Distribution of Gilia capitata Sims ssp. staminea (Greene) V.E. Grant. .

Gilia capitata ssp. staminea
bluehead gilia

Gilia capitata ssp. tomentosa
bluehead gilia

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Gilia capitata Sims

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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	Gilia Ruiz & Pav. – gilia
Species	Gilia capitata Sims – bluehead gilia

Introduced Information:
Gilia capitata Sims

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Gilia capitata Sims

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31107.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:17 AM CDT