Gilia leptantha is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name fineflower gilia.

Gilia leptantha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gilia
Species:
G. leptantha
Binomial name
Gilia leptantha
Parish

It is native to California and southern Nevada, where it grows in open mountain and desert habitat.

Description

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Gilia leptantha is a small, mostly erect herb with a glandular stem often coated in cobwebby fibers. The leaves are arranged in a rounded basal rosette, each leaf divided sharply into many subdivided lobes.

The top of the stem is an inflorescence of a few pink to lavender flowers with yellow and white throats. The base of the flower is a thin, glandular tube.

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