Grant) L.A. Johnson
Pronunciation: sal-to-JEE-lee-a aw-STRAY-lis
Common name: Southern gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Sandy places below 4000', coastal sage
scrub, chaparral, creosote bush scrub and joshua
tree woodland, Peninsular Range, desert mountains,
Transverse Range
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Saltugilia
2) australis
Formerly Gilia australis