Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Pink, Yellow, White, Lavender

Flowering season

Summer

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Ease of care

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

open rocky or sandy places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Kodiosoma fulvum

Schinia biundulata

Yermoia glaucina