Polemoniaceae
Bird's-eye gilia
Gilia tricolor
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Gilia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 三色吉莉, 吉莉花
- Czech
- Proměnka trojbarvá
- English
- Bird's-eye gilia, Bird's-eyes
Synonyms
- Navarretia tricolor (Benth.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Yasuo Kida from Palo Alto, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matt Zehner, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: lwelborn105, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sarah.raff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: B. S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bradley Soares, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rillke, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rayna Saslove, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Chaparral giliaGilia angelensisPolemoniaceae
- Nevada giliaGilia brecciarumPolemoniaceae
- Showy giliaGilia canaPolemoniaceae
- Purplespot giliaGilia clivorumPolemoniaceae
- Clokey's giliaGilia clokeyiPolemoniaceae
- Lesser yellowthroat giliaGilia flavocinctaPolemoniaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.