5/7/2023 0 Comments Skyrocket flowerLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX.ġ993, The Jepson Manual, Citation: (accessed ) Native Plant Information Network, NPIN (2013). of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service on-line database and USGS ITIS search (accessed )Īrizona Flora, Kearney, Thomas H., Peebles, Robert H., 1960, University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles, California, as Gilia aggregata. See ethno-botanical uses at Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan, Dearborn.ĭate Profile Completed:, updated format Skyrocket or Scarlet Gilia is used by several North American indigenous peoples the Great Basin Indian tribe used the plant as a drug where an infusion of the whole plant is used for blood disease, the Hopi used the plant after birth when the mother lied in bed for 15 or 20 days, the Navajo used the plant for many ailments including as a cathartic, for spider bites, as an emetic and applied to body of hunter and weapons for good luck. In Southwest Desert Flora also see Flaxflowered Ipomopsis, Ipomopsis longiflora, Manyflowered Ipomopsis, Ipomopsis multiflora and Slendertube Skyrocket, Ipomopsis tenuituba. Natural browsing on Skyrocket encourages new growth. Skyrocket may be browsed by livestock and deer, grazed by elk and attracts hummingbirds. One of Arizona's showiest wild flowers found above 5,000 feet. weberi, Scarlet Gilia (CO, ID, WY).Ĭomments: Skyrockets cultivated in residential gardens and landscapes. formosissima, Scarlet Gilia, ( AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA) aggregata, Scarlet Gilia, ( US-CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WA, WY, CA-BC) There are 7 sub-species in Ipomopsis aggregata as follows: The Plant List includes 29 accepted species names world-wide for Ipomopsis world-wide. Genus Information: The USDA lists 26 Species and 53 accepted taxa overall for the genus Ipomopsis in North America: 14 species in Arizona and New Mexico 7 species in California and 9 species in Texas (subject to revision). Threatened/Endangered Information: No information available. Wetland Indicator: No information available. Invasive/Noxious Weed Information: No information available. Weed Information: No information available. North America & US County Distribution Map for Ipomopsis aggregata. In Arizona it is found in the northern, central and central southern parts of the state with few records in the southwest and southeast parts of the state. It is also found in Canada in British Columbia and Mexico. Recorded Range: Ipomopsis aggregata is found in the southwest and northwest United States AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY). Habitat Preferences: Variable in Arizona mostly in open coniferous forest, shrubby brush-lands, scrub, woodlands. Leaves: Green new leaves basal leaves divided into narrow segments, ( pinnately lobed).įlower Color: Red, (brilliant red), often with yellow blotches, sometimes pink or pale orange inflorescence usually one sided, clusters of tubular flowers (1 to 7) per stem, multiple stems which may reach up to 6 feet, corolla about 1 inch long, both stamens and style exserted calyx lobes relative small compared to corolla sharply pointed. Growth Form: Forb/herb stems erect glabrous or glandular, slightly hairy. Synonyms: ( Gilia aggregata, Gilia pulchella) Also Called: Scarlet Gilia, Skunkflower, Skyrocket Giliaįamily: Polemoniaceae, Jacob’s Ladder or Phlox Family
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