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

The photo above shows a close-up of scarlet gilia as seen atop Crofton Ridge on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........June 19, 2005.

The photo above 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 above 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 above shows the 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.

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 right shows a late-blooming scarlet gilia along the western loop of the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake NWR......October 19, 2020.