Aliciella hutchinsifolia (Rydberg) J.M. Porter 
Family: Polemoniaceae
desert pale gilia,  more
[Gilia hutchinsifolia Rydb.,  more]
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PLANT: Annual, 5-30 cm tall, usually branched throughout; stems glandular. LEAVES: glandular and short pilose, reduced above the basal rosette; basal and lower lobed once or twice, the lobes entire to toothed; cauline basally lobed to entire. INFLORESCENCE: open, with 1-2 pedicelled flowers at branch tips. FLOWER: calyx 2-3 mm long, glandular pubescent, the lobes acuminate to attenuate; corolla narrowly funnelform to salverform, 7-15 mm long, the tube and lobes white to lavender, the throat yellow; stamens inserted on upper throat; anthers located slightly above the throat; stigma located slightly below or among the anthers. CAPSULE: 3-6 mm long, ovoid. 2n=18. NOTES: Washes, bajadas, desert shrublands and woodlands: Coconino Co.; 1150-1700 m (3800-5600 ft); Apr-Jun; s CA to s UT, s to AZ. REFERENCES: Dieter H. Wilken and J. Mark Porter, 2005, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Polemoniaceae. CANOTIA 1: 1-37.
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