Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Gilia brecciarum is an annual flowering plant in the Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae), known by the common name Nevada gilia or break gilia. It is native to the western United States from California and Oregon to Nevada, where it grows in open areas in sandy soils, such as desert, plateau, and dry mountain slopes.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

3 - 14 in Tall

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Adela singulella

Spotted Straw Sun Moth

Heliothis phloxiphaga

Kodiosoma fulvum

Schinia biundulata