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Aliciella latifolia (formerly Gilia latifolia),[1] also known as broad-leaved gilia, is a foul smelling annual plant in the Phlox family (Polemoniaceae) found in deserts of the southwestern United States.[2][3]^: 114

Aliciella latifolia
Aliciella latifolia in Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Aliciella
Species:	A. latifolia
Binomial name
Aliciella latifolia (S.Watson) J.M.Porter
Synonyms
Gilia latifolia S.Watson

Habitat and range

It grows in the eastern and northern Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert.[2] It is common in desert dry washes and on rocky hillsides below 2,000', and in creosote bush scrub, especially where there is desert varnish.[2]

Growth pattern

It is an annual growing from 4" to 12" tall.[2]

Leaves

Leaves are simple, leathery, and ovate to round, with toothed margins sometimes^{[citation needed]} tinged with pink to red.[2] Leaves are unusual with broad holly-like leaves, compared to its relatives which have pinnately divided leaves.[3]^: 114

Flowers

Flowers have five sepals, five petals fused into a narrow, funnel-shaped, corolla tube. Its five stamens alternate with the lobes of the corolla.^{[citation needed]} Flowers occur in a cluster at the end of the stems.[2] The outside of the corolla is pale pink to tan, and the inside is pink to bright red, with stamens of unequal length that barely protrude past the corolla.[2]

Fruits

Fruits are capsules with 3-compartments, each having many reddish-brown seeds.[2]

References

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