Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Gilia clivorum is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names purplespot gilia and many-stemmed gilia. It is native to California and Arizona. This common wildflower bears a number of erect stems reaching 6 to 30 centimeters in maximum height. It is leafy especially on the lower part of the stems, with each leaf divided into small lance-shaped leaflets.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 12 in Tall

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Color

Pink, Purple

Plant communities

Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Valley Grassland

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Adela singulella

Spotted Straw Sun Moth

Heliothis phloxiphaga

Kodiosoma fulvum

Yermoia glaucina