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Loeseliastrum matthewsii

DESERT CALICO

Polemoniaceae
Phlox family

Loeseliastrum matthewsii © Edge Of Eden


Annual, 1–6" (3–15 cm).
Flowers white to deep rose-purple, lobe bases with bright maroon arches and white blotch.
Blooming April–June.
Desert washes, flats, slopes, sandy to gravelly soils.
Elevation generally < 5900' (1800 m).
Great Basin Province (east of Sierra Nevada), Desert Province.
Desert Wild Flowers (Gilia matthewsii) p. 192 194 # 429
A Flora of Southern California (Langloisia matthewsii) p. 655 656 A
The Jepson Manual p. 844 851

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Last modified: February 2, 2009





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