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Gilia capitata Sims
Gilia capitata, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.
Common names: Blue Field Gilia, bluehead gilia
Communities: Mixed Evergreen Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Prairie, Red Fir Forest, Foothill Woodland, Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral
Habitat: coastal [Walker]
Elevation: between 0 and 7000 feet Family: Polemoniaceae
Name Status:
Recognized as current in JM93 + ICPN + PLANTS
  
Related names:See a list of other species in the genus Gilia found in California.
This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties:
  Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia
  Gilia capitata ssp. capitata
  Gilia capitata ssp. chamissonis
  Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana
  Gilia capitata ssp. pacifica
  Gilia capitata ssp. pedemontana
  Gilia capitata ssp. staminea
  Gilia capitata ssp. tomentosa
Distribution in California from available records:
A shaded county indicates that there are one or more ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

Hover the mouse over the map to see county names. Click to view records from that county.
 

    For a distribution map based on other criteria (eg. more than one record within a county), see the County Distribution Analysis for this plant.

 

  There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported records.
  There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).
Records by County: Click county name to view records (numbers are approximate).
Information about  Gilia capitata  from other sources:
Photos on CalPhotos / Picasa / Flickr

Photos or website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (GICA5)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

1993 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

    Citation:
    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria and dozens of other public and private institutions and individuals.
    [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Sep 05, 2010).

    Note that the information on this page comes from diverse sources, and that none of the links are sponsored.

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