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Saltugilia caruifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Polemoniaceae

Scientific name
  
Saltugilia caruifolia

Order
  
Ericales

Genus
  
Saltugilia

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Saltugilia, Gilia, Polemoniaceae

Saltugilia caruifolia (syn. Gilia caruifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names carawayleaf gilia and caraway-leaved woodland-gilia. It is native to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in local habitat types such as chaparral. This herb produces a thin stem 12 centimeters to about a meter long. The leaves are up to 8 centimeters long at the base of the plant and divided into many finely subdivided lobes. The top of the stem branches into an inflorescence dotted with many glands. It produces flowers with lavender lobes dotted with darker purple near the bases.

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Saltugilia caruifolia Wikipedia