PLANTS Profile for Gilia capitata ssp. capitata (bluehead gilia)

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PLANTS Profile

Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata
bluehead gilia

Symbol:

GICAC3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I

More Information:

Images:
Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata

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Distribution:
Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata

View 21 genera in Polemoniaceae, 33 species in Gilia, 8 subspecies in Gilia capitata Sims

Classification:
Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata

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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
Subspecies	Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata – bluehead gilia

Introduced Information:
Gilia capitata Sims ssp. capitata

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 ssp. capitata

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31108.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 11:15 AM CDT