Gilia tricolor

GILIA tricolor
Bird's Eyes, Doll's Eyes

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Type:
Biennial

Height: 2' (60cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Mauve and white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Polemoniales (Jacob's Ladder Order)

Family: Polemoniaceae (Jacob's Ladder Family)

Genus: Gilia

Species: tricolor (with three colours)

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Gilia tricolor is a North American wildflower. It is an annual, with feathery leaves, and small terminal clusters of mauve to purple edged white flowers with a black throat.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seedpod is a ball, in a chaffy cluster with other seedpods.

Seed
The seeds are tiny light brown chips. There are several seeds in each seedpod.

Seedling
The seedleaves are long and thin, and the first true leaves are very deeply lobed.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 13 days.

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	Seed Pod The seedpod is a ball, in a chaffy cluster with other seedpods.
	Seed The seeds are tiny light brown chips. There are several seeds in each seedpod.
	Seedling The seedleaves are long and thin, and the first true leaves are very deeply lobed.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 13 days.