Scarlet Gilia, Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata (Synonyms: Gilia aggregata ssp. euaggregata, Gilia aggregata var. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata var. aggregata)

The photo at left shows a close-up of scarlet gilia as seen atop Crofton Ridge on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........June 19, 2005. The photo at right shows a close-up frontal view of the the flower of scarlet gilia as seen along Forest Road #82 on the south side of Mt. Adams........July 1, 2005. The 5 narrow lobes of the corolla spread perpendicular to the axis of the corolla tube. The stamens are exserted from the mouth of the tube.

The photo at left shows a stem leaf of scarlet gilia as seen along Forest Road #82 on the south side of Mt. Adams.........July 1, 2005. The photo at right shows thedistinctive basal rosette of leaves of scarlet gilia as seen along Forest Road #82 on the south side of Mt. Adams........July 1, 2005. Typically a biennial, this is what the plant looks like for the first year, and early in the second year of bloom.

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Scarlet gilia as seen at left along Road S1750 near 4000' on the southern slopes of King Mt., which is in turn on the southeastern flanks of Mt. Adams.........July 9, 2006. The photo at center shows a late-blooming scarlet gilia along the western loop of the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake NWR......October 19, 2020. The image at right shows the inflorescence of scarlet gilia as seen on DNR lands north of Laurel Road, Klickitat County, WA.....June 24, 2025.