Polemoniaceae
Bluebowls
Giliastrum acerosum
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Giliastrum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bluebowls
Synonyms
- Gilia acerosa Britton
- Gilia rigidula subsp. acerosa (A.Gray) Wherry
- Gilia rigidula var. acerosa A.Gray
- Giliastrum rigidulum subsp. acerosum (A.Gray) W.A.Weber
Flowers
- In flower
- March to July (from 113 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dee Shea Himes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bmasinton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Fitzgerald (Fitz), CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.