Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 826

Genus ja: ギリア

Genus en:

# spp.: 39 (from genus_families table) | 5 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Polemoniaceae

Family ja: ハナシノブ

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Polemonioideae: Tribe Gilieae

Distribution en: N. America, Ecuador to S. South America

Description en: Genus of 25-30 species of erect annuals, occasionally perennials, from grassland and chaparral in S.W. North America and W. and S. South America. The leaves are mostly basal, entire to finely divided, pinnate or 2-pinnate, and often with soft, sticky hairs above. The flowers are small, showy, salverform to tubular-funnel-shaped, violet-blue, pink, or red, produced singly in the leaf axils, in terminal panicles, or in compact clusters borne terminally and in the upper leaf axils, from late spring to late summer. Grow in an annual or mixed border.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy.

Cultivation en:

Propagation en: Sow seed in situ in autumn or mid-spring, or at 10-13°C (50-55°F) in early spring.

Pests en: Trouble free.

Description ja:

Comment: W. N America

Comment ja:

Type species: Gilia laciniata Ruiz & Pav. (1799) Accepted

Phylogenetic definition:

Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:58 by hkokubun@mac.com