Gilia ophthalmoides

Family: Polemoniaceae
Common Name: eyed gilia
Symbol: GIOP
Description: PLANT: Annual, 8-30 cm tall, branched throughout; stems cobwebby pubescent below, glandular above. LEAVES: cobwebby pubescent, reduced above the basal rosette; basal and lower leaves deeply lobed once or twice; cauline basally lobed or entire. INFLORESCENCE: open, with 1-2 pedicelled flowers at the branch tips. FLOWERS: calyx 3-5 mm long, glabrous, the lobes acuminate; corolla funnelform, 7-12 mm long, the tube usually exserted, purple, the throat yellow, the lobes pink; stamens inserted on the throat; anthers exserted; stigma located among the anthers. CAPSULE: 4-6 mm long, ovoid to subglobose. 2n=36. NOTES: Open sites, shrublands, woodlands