Gilia capitata subsp. staminea

Greene

Bluehead gilia

PolemoniaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

Seeds are eaten.

Where to Find It

A temperate plant.

North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

How to Identify

A herb. It has leafy stems 10-90 cm tall. The leaves have teeth or lobed leaflets. The thick stem has a round group of 50-100 small flowers.

How to Grow

Many Gilia are pollinated by hummingbirds.

Wikipedia

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Gilia capitata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names blue-thimble-flower, bluehead gilia, blue field gilia, and globe gilia.

Notes

There are 60 Gilia species. There is one in tropical America. Probably now Gilia capitata subsp. staminea.

References (3)

Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O., 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 261 (Genus)
Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 246