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Gilia leptantha is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name fineflower gilia.

Gilia leptantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Gilia
Species:	G. leptantha
Binomial name
Gilia leptantha Parish

It is native to California and southern Nevada, where it grows in open mountain and desert habitat.

Description

Gilia leptantha is a small, mostly erect herb with a glandular stem often coated in cobwebby fibers. The leaves are arranged in a rounded basal rosette, each leaf divided sharply into many subdivided lobes.

The top of the stem is an inflorescence of a few pink to lavender flowers with yellow and white throats. The base of the flower is a thin, glandular tube.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment: Gilia leptantha
• Gilia leptantha — U.C. Photo gallery

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