Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Giliastrum rigidulum (Benth.) Rydb. |
Bibliography | Fl. Rocky Mts.: 1066 (1917) |
Native Range | New Mexico to Texas and c. & n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | viscid-pubescent or glabrescens, leaves alternate, usually pinnate, lobes linear or lanceolate, calyx 5-8mm, lobes subulate, corolla 2-3cm across |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Gilia glandulosa Scheele Gilia rigidula Benth. Gilia rigidula ssp. eurigidula Brand Navarretia rigidula (Rydb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |