Common names:
Coral gilia, carmine gilia
Family:
Scientific name:
Aliciella subnuda
Synonym:
Gilia subnuda
Main flower color:
Range:
The Four Corners area of AZ, UT, CO and NM
Height:
Up to 27 inches
Habitat:
Exposed, sandy areas, rocky outcrops; up to 7500 feet
Leaves:
Oblanceolate, lined by shallow teeth or lobes, in a basal rosette
Season:
April to July
The pretty crimson or reddish pink flowers of aliciella subnuda are formed of a slender, slightly tapering tube that opens out into five pointed lobes. Stems, calyx, petals and leaves have a covering of tiny, sticky (glandular) hairs which often cause sand and other particles to become attached.
Flowers form at the ends of thin, branched, leafless stems; leaves grow only around the base, in a compact rosette. The greenish-purple calyx, at the base of the corolla tube, also has five components, and is about a quarter of an inch in length, much shorter than the corolla. The styles and stamens do not project out of the corolla tube.
Flowers form at the ends of thin, branched, leafless stems; leaves grow only around the base, in a compact rosette. The greenish-purple calyx, at the base of the corolla tube, also has five components, and is about a quarter of an inch in length, much shorter than the corolla. The styles and stamens do not project out of the corolla tube.
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