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Saltugilia latimeri is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Latimer's woodland gilia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from several scattered occurrences in the western Mojave Desert and outlying areas to the north. It occurs in dry rocky and sandy desert canyons. It was first described as a species in 2001. This is an annual herb with a branching stem growing erect to a maximum height near 30 centimeters. The inflorescence is a branching array of small flowers. Each flower has a calyx of gland-dotted sepals and a tubular corolla roughly a centimeter long. The corolla has five pink lobes darkening to purple in the throat. The protruding stamens bear blue pollen on their anthers.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 12 in Tall

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 63 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

Ridings' Forester Moth

Alypia ridingsii

Narrow-legged Miner Bee

Andrena angustitarsata

Mock-orange Miner Bee

Andrena candida