Gilia is a genus of in the Polemoniaceae family and is related to phlox.[ These Western native plants are best sown in sunny, well-draining soil in the temperate and tropical regions of the Americas, where they occur mainly in desert or semi-desert ]
They are summer annual plant, rarely perennial plant, growing to 10–120 cm tall. The leaf are spirally arranged, usually pinnate (rarely simple), forming a basal rosette in most species. The are produced in a panicle, with a five-lobed corolla, which can be blue, white, pink or yellow.
Gilia species are used as food plants by the of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia and Schinia (the latter feeds exclusively on G. cana).
Species
39 species are accepted.[
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Formerly placed here
Partial list:
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Aliciella micromeria – Great Basin gilia (as Gilia micromeria )
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Bryantiella palmeri (as Gilia palmeri )
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Giliastrum stewartii – Stewart's gilia (as Gilia stewartii )
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Microgilia minutiflora (as Gilia minutiflora )
