Scarlet Gilia
Genus Gilia Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae)
Scarlet Gilia or Skyrocket (Gilia aggregata) These flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds or by insects with very long tongues, such as hawk moths. The genus is named after Philipp Salvador Gil, a Spanish botanist.
See a pale-colored Gilia from high in the mountains
Butterfield Canyon Oquirrh Mountains Salt Lake County, Utah
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Photographed by Sandra Bray