Polemoniaceae
Yellow gilia
Linanthus filiformis
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Linanthus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Yellow gilia
- Japanese
- ティンティナブルム・フィリフォルメ
Synonyms
- Gilia filiformis Parry ex A.Gray
- Navarretia filiformis Kuntze
- Tintinabulum filiforme Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Heyman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: LM Cunningham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, 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.