Polemoniaceae
Scarlet gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Ipomopsis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 聚伞红杉花, 聚花红莉花
- English
- Scarlet gilia, Skyrocket
- nv
- Dlodziłgai bichʼil
- Persian
- شیپور سرخ
Synonyms
- Batanthes aggregata (Pursh) Raf.
- Callisteris aggregata (Pursh) Greene
- Cantua aggregata Pursh
- Collomia aggregata (Pursh) Porter ex A.Gray
- Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Spreng.
- Gilia aggregata subsp. eu-aggregata Brand
- Ipomeria aggregata (Pursh) Nutt.
- Navarretia aggregata (Pursh) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 3,090 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Powers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cindy Bell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, 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.