Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Gilia rigidula var. rigidula

Blue Gilia

Polemoniaceae

Location: Upper Balcones Rd., 30 m NE of creek, 6.3 km SW of IH 10 & Hwy 46, outside city of Boerne.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Roadside, full sun, in fence line. Gravelly soil; some bunch grass. Few scattered plants.

Description: Small annual to short-lived perennial herb, low, bushy, to 25 cm tall. Much branched with branchlets terminating with bright blue 5-petaled, 25 mm flowers with golden-yellow centers. Leaves slender; sand or debris may adhere to stems or leaves due to short hairs present.

County: Kendall
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Apr 11, 1992
Specimen number: 161

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0508
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 39

Annotations: SCFRF