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scarlet gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
United States
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 in. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 1.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, Red Shades, Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial, Biennial
- Soil Type
- Gravel, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of Colorado recognizes five subspecies of I. aggregata that occur in and are native to Colorado. They vary slightly in appearance with differences in flower coloration and shape. Subspecies aggregata, attenuata and tenuituba occur on both the east and west slope of Colorado and subspecies collina and candida are only found on the east slope.