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Ruiz & Pav.
- For Scarlet Gilia, formerly placed in this genus, see Ipomopsis aggregata.
Gilia is a genus of between 25 and 50 species of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, from the western United States south to northern Chile, where they occur mainly in desert or semi-desert habitats.
They are herbaceous annuals, rarely perennials, growing to 10–120 cm tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, usually pinnate (rarely simple), forming a basal rosette in most species. The flowers are produced in a panicle, with a five-lobed corolla, which can be blue, white, pink or yellow.
- Selected species
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Gilia
- USDA Plants Profile: Gilia
- Flora of Chile: Gilia (pdf file)
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