[Gilia: The Genus Ipomopsis) in the Cascade Mountain Range of Oregon and Washington]

Scarlet Gilia, Skyrocket, Skyrocket Gilia, Foxfire

Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

Synonyms: Gilia aggregata, Gilia aggregata **ssp. euaggregata,** Gilia aggregata var. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima, Ipomopsis aggregata var. aggregata

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Scarlet gilia blooming at left along Forest Road 17 about 5 miles north of Brooks Meadows, Mount Hood National Forest..........June 21, 2014. The photo at right shows scarlet gilia in bloom at a bald along the Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688 northwest of Gibson Prairie Horse Camp, Mount Hood National Forest....June 11, 2024.

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Scarlet gilia blooming along Forest Road 17 about 5 miles north of Brooks Meadows, Mount Hood National Forest..........June 21, 2014.

Scarlet gilia blooming near Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness.........July 16, 2017.

Scarlet gilia at left blooming (despite nibbling of the stem by an elk or deer) along the Ironstone Trail #1141, William O. Douglas Wilderness........July 25, 2015. The palmately compound leaves at its base are those of silky lupine (Lupinus sericeus). The photo at right shows scarlet gilia in bloom along the Little Naches River Road, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest......June 9, 2019.

A basal rosette of leaves of scarlet gilia observed atop Grizzly Peak, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......October 14, 2019. A biennial, the leaves overwinter before sending a flower scape up the next growing season. for gardeners in rainy areas, one must protect the basal rosette of leaves over the winter to prevent damping off fungus.

Scarlet gilia in bloom along the Lookout Mountain Trail near where the trail up from Gumjuwac Saddle, Badger Creek Wilderness.....July 13, 2019.

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Scarlet gilia in bloom at left and center atop Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness......July 30, 2021. The photo at right shows scarlet gilia still in bloom on the western flanks of Lookout Mountain (near the trail down to Gumjuwac Saddle), Badger Creek Wilderness......August 27, 2022.

Scarlet gilia blooming atop Five Mile Butte along the Eightmile Loop Trail, Mount Hood National Forest...........May 17, 2015.

The photo at right shows scarlet gilia beginning to bloom atop the summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, Badger Creek Wilderness.....June 29, 2023.

Basal leaves of Foxfire, Scarlet Gilia, Skyrocket, Skyrocket Gilia, White pollen Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata (Synonyms: Gilia aggregata, Gilia aggregata ssp. euaggregata, Gilia aggregata var. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima, Ipomopsis aggregata var. aggregata)

Basal leaves of the scarlet gilia

Paul Slichter