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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 1–many, 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):55–91; Porter 1998 Aliso 17:83–85
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Annual
Stem erect, generally solitary, glabrous
Leaves 0
Inflorescence head-like; bracts leaf-like, in involucre; flowers 1–5
Flower: calyx urn-shaped, scarious, abruptly awned, puberulent; corolla salverform, white to lavender, throat generally yellow; stamens attached in throat, filaments 0
Fruit ovoid
Seeds 1–5 per chamber, angled
Species in genus: 2 species: w US
Etymology: (Greek, naked stem)
Reference: [Wherry 1944 Am Mid Nat 31:216–231]
Self-pollinated.
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Stem < 7 cm
Inflorescence: bracts 2–13 mm, lanceolate to ovate, glabrous
Flower: calyx < 4 mm; corolla < 7 mm, tube = calyx, lobes generally oblong, acuminate, white or tinged pink
Ecology: Gravelly, sandy areas, generally in meadows or wet depressions in scrub
Elevation: 2400–3700 m.
Bioregional distribution: n&c High Sierra Nevada, East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: to Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado
Flowering time: May–Jun
G. nudicaulis (Hook. & Arn.) Greene, with corolla 8–12 mm, occurs in w NV, may be expected in SNE.