Thurber's Gilia
Ipomopsis thurberi
Thurber's gilia is a Southwestern annual with slender pink-red trumpet flowers after summer rains, a drought-adapted reseeder that brings hummingbirds to hot, sandy desert gardens.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- biennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- red, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX
Related native plants
More Ipomopsis species
- Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)
- Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)
- Flaxflowered Ipomopsis (Ipomopsis longiflora)