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