Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Giliastrum incisum
Giliastrum incisum (Benth.) J.M. Porter
Splitleaf Gilia, Split-leaf Gilia, Cut-leaf Gilia
Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)
USDA Symbol: GIIN6USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Gilia incisa
Cut-Leaf Gilia
Polemoniaceae
Location: 5596 Hollyhock Road, San Antonio, Texas.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry, calcerous soil. Full sun.
Description: Erect, much branched annual, 30+ cm tall. Lower leaves long-petioled; blade deeply and asymmetrically incised; upper ones appearing jaggedly toothed, then linear near the flowers. Flowers light puple-blue, solitary on long peduncles. Petals-5, sepals-5.
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Apr 3, 1994
Specimen number: 306
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1051
Accession Date: Aug 6, 1995
Accession Number: 85
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)