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Polemoniaceae
Bluehead Gilia
Gilia capitata
Togetherness.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Gilia
- Native to
- Western North America
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- annual herb
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy to loamy
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 2-11
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Each globe-shaped flower head contains 50 to 100 tiny individual florets packed tightly together.
- The plant was named after Italian astronomer and botanist Filippo Luigi Gilii.
- Bluehead gilia is a staple of California wildflower seed mixes for meadow restoration.
- The finely divided, ferny foliage gives the plant an airy, delicate appearance even before flowering.
- It attracts a wide range of pollinators including native bees, syrphid flies, and small butterflies.
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