| Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Giliastrum acerosum (A.Gray) Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Rocky Mts.: 699 (1917) |
| Native Range | w. & c. USA to ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | glandular strigose, leaves pinnatifid, segments linear-subulate, aristate, glandular strigose, calyx lobes lanceolate, apiculate, corolla rotate, lobes broadly ovate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Gilia acerosa (A.Gray) Britton Gilia rigidula var.acerosa A.Gray Gilia rigidula ssp. acerosa (A.Gray) Wherry Giliastrum rigidulum ssp. acerosum (A.Gray) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, OKL Oklahoma) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |