''Aliciella penstemonoides'' (
syn.
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''Gilia penstemonoides'')
[Beatty, B.L., W.F. Jennings, and R.C. Rawlinson (2004, February 9)]
''Gilia penstemonoides'' M.E. Jones (Black Canyon gilia): A technical conservation assessment.
nline USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.[''Gilia penstemonoides''.]
NatureServe. is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common names Black Canyon gilia and beardtongue gilia. It is
endemic to
Colorado in the United States.
[
This species is a perennial herb with stems growing up to 15 centimeters tall. There is a rosette of leaves around the base of the plant. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped and measure up to 5 centimeters in length. They are sometimes lobed. Smaller, narrow leaves occur higher on the stem. The branching inflorescence contains purple, blue, or nearly white flowers, each about a centimeter long.][
This species is distributed throughout five Colorado counties, with the center of distribution in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and along the Gunnison River. There are about 28 occurrences. Fourteen are on National Park Service lands, eight are on United States Forest Service lands, and five are on ]Bureau of Land Management
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lands. Only one is on privately owned land.[
This plant grows on steep to vertical cliffsides in river canyons. It anchors in rock cracks. It grows at up to 10,000 feet in elevation. Other plants on the canyon walls include '' Arabis crandallii'', '' Arenaria fendleri'', '' Artemisia frigida'', '' Artemisia ludoviciana'', '']Heterotheca horrida
''Heterotheca villosa'', called the hairy goldenaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in central and western North America.
Description
The plant grows to in height and the leaves are in average length. Bloomi ...
'', '' Heterotheca villosa'', '' Holodiscus dumosus'', '' Oryzopsis micrantha'', ''Ribes cereum
''Ribes cereum'' is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant and squaw currant; the ''pedicellare'' variety is known as whisky currant. The species is native to western North America.
Description
''Ribes cereum'' is a sprea ...
'', and ''Selaginella densa
''Selaginella densa'' is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss. It is native to western North America, where it can be found from Alaska to Ontario, the Dakotas, Texas ...
''. There are ferns, moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
es, and lichen
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. Two occurrences were extirpated when the Blue Mesa Reservoir was created.[
]
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penstemonoides
Flora of Colorado