Latin name: Aliciella triodon (Eastw.) Brand
  Pronunciation: al-is-ee-EL-la TRI-oh-don

  Common name: Sand gilia
  Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
  Habitat: Open sandy or rocky areas, sagebrush
  scrub, juniper woodland to 5500', east desert mts
  (Clark Mts), northern Mojave Desert to Colorado

  Blooming period: Spring
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Aliciella
  2) triodon
  Formerly Gilia triodon
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