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Gilia leptantha is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name fineflower gilia. It is native to California and southern Nevada, where it grows in open mountain and desert habitat. It is a small, mostly erect herb with a hairy 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 flower cluster of a few pink to lavender flowers with yellow and white throats. The base of the flower is a thin, hairy tube.
Annual herb
Pink, Yellow, White, Lavender
Summer
Full Sun
Very Low
Moderate
Fast
open rocky or sandy places
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 3 likely