Polemoniaceae

Gilia sinistra

Alva Day's Gilia

Erect stem, spreading branches. Stems with many leaves dense with sticky black or yellow glands. Leaves linear to narrowly lance-shaped, entire or with 3–5 lobes, the middle lobe longer. Inflorescence consists of 2–3 flowers on long branch, each above a leaf, the thin flower stalks unequal. Flower in gland-coated calyx with pointed tips, red edges. Flower narrowly funnel-shaped; tube and throat yellow, with red stripes; lobes bright pink, round-tipped; stamens extending outward; pollen blue. Grows in open shrublands, forests, on serpentine or volcanic rocky soils, at all elevations. Subsp. sinistra style and stamens, except longest, do not extend beyond flower tube.

• Rarity: Locally Common
• Flowering Time: Early Summer
• Life Cycle: Annual
• Height: 2--34 inches
• Habitat: West-Side Forest, Subalpine
• Found In: Steens
• Native: Yes