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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, vine
Leaves simple or compound, cauline (or most in basal rosette), alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cymes, heads, or flowers solitary
Flower: calyx generally 5-ribbed, ribs often connected by translucent membranes that are generally torn by growing fruit; corolla generally 5-lobed, radial or bilateral, salverform to bell-shaped, throat often well defined; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, attached at same or different levels, filaments of same or different lengths, pollen white, yellow, blue, or red; ovary superior, chambers generally 3, style 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: capsule
Seeds 1many, gelatinous or not when wet
Genera in family: 19 genera, 320 species: Am, n Eur, n Asia; some cultivated (Cantua, Cobaea (cup-and-saucer vine), Collomia, Gilia, Ipomopsis, Linanthus, Phlox )
Recent taxonomic note: *See also revised taxonomy of Porter and Johnson 2000 Aliso 19(1):5591; Porter 1998 Aliso 17:8385
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Annual, perennial herb, generally erect
Stem glabrous, hairy, glandular, or cobwebby
Leaves simple, generally alternate; basal generally in rosette, toothed, pinnately lobed, or entire; cauline generally reduced; leaf tips, calyx lobes acute, acuminate, or needle-like
Inflorescence: flowers solitary or clustered, 1many in axils of bracts
Flower: calyx membranous between ribs, membrane splitting or expanding; corolla > calyx, lobes generally ovate
Fruit generally ovoid; chambers 3, valves separating from top
Seeds 3many, brown, generally gelatinous when wet
Species in genus: ± 70 species: w North America, South America
Etymology: (Felipe Gil, 18th century Spanish botanist)
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Stem 543 cm, branches generally spreading from base, glandular-puberulent
Leaves: basal in flat rosette, 211 cm, widely strap-shaped, fleshy, serrate or pinnate, lobes spreading; cauline linear, entire
Inflorescence clustered, nodding, becoming erect
Flower: calyx membrane V-shaped, attached near lobe tip; corolla 67 mm, tube slightly exserted, stout, throat > tube, white, yellow-spotted, lobes lanceolate to ovate, pink, lavender, or white; stamens, styles slightly exserted
Fruit 35 mm, < 1.5 X calyx, ovoid, tip pointed
Chromosomes: 2n=50
Ecology: Sandy soils, sagebrush scrub
Elevation: 4002100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Great Basin Floristic Province, e Desert Mountains (Clark Mtns)
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Idaho, Utah
Recent taxonomic note: *Aliciella lottiae (A.G. Day) J.M. Porter
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