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Scarlet Gilia

Ipomopsis aggregata

Photo by Lee C.
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Field Notes

Description:

Ells: "Perennial or biennial, up to 0.6 m (2 ft) tall; stems slender and reddish; leaves alternate, to 7.5 cm (3 in) long, pinnately dissected into ... three to nine widely-spaced string-like segments; flowers red to 5 cm (2 in) long, tubular, with five reflexed, pointed lobes, in a loose panicle to 30 cm (12 in) long.

Habitat:

Foothills to montaine in sun.

Notes:

Along north side of road east of the Beaver Meadows Visitors' Center, Rocky Mountain National Park.

Reference: Ells, James. Rocky Mountain Flora. Colorado Mountain Club Press. c. 2011. p. 182

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