It is native to the Central Valley and foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges in California.[1] Its native habitats include open, grassy plains and slopes below 2,000 feet (610 m).[2]
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Flowers have 5 green sepals and 5 bell-shaped fused petals, which are blue-violet at the end, descending to purple spots over yellow throats, hence the three for "tri".[1]
gilia, tricolor, bird, eyes, redirects, here, other, uses, birdseye, disambiguation, bird, eyes, bird, gilia, tricolor, gilia, annual, flowering, plant, phlox, family, polemoniaceae, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, an. Bird s Eyes redirects here For other uses see Birdseye disambiguation Gilia tricolor bird s eyes bird s eye gilia tricolor gilia is an annual flowering plant in the phlox family Polemoniaceae 1 Gilia tricolor Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Ericales Family Polemoniaceae Genus Gilia Species G tricolor Binomial name Gilia tricolorBenth Contents 1 Range and habitat 2 Description 2 1 Growth pattern 2 2 Leaves and stems 2 3 Inflorescence and fruit 3 Human uses 4 Subspecies 5 Gallery 6 References 7 External linksRange and habitat editIt is native to the Central Valley and foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges in California 1 Its native habitats include open grassy plains and slopes below 2 000 feet 610 m 2 Description editGrowth pattern edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2014 Leaves and stems edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2014 Inflorescence and fruit edit Flowers have 5 green sepals and 5 bell shaped fused petals which are blue violet at the end descending to purple spots over yellow throats hence the three for tri 1 Human uses editSeeds of this plant are sold online as a garden flower 3 Subspecies editGilia tricolor ssp diffusa Congd Mason amp A Grant Gilia tricolor ssp tricolor Benth Gallery edit nbsp Gilia Tricolor human hand for scale nbsp Group of Gilia Tricolor nbsp Gilia Tricolor nbsp Gilia TricolorReferences edit a b c Sierra Nevada Wildflowers Karen Wiese 2013 p 49 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center The University of Texas at Austin www wildflower org Retrieved 2021 12 26 GiliaTricolor Bird s Eye Drought Resistant Flower Seed for Xeriscape Gardening External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gilia tricolor Jepson Manual Treatment Gilia tricolor nbsp This Polemoniaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gilia tricolor amp oldid 1217563255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
