General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems spreading, threadlike, diffusely branched, covered with stalked, often dark glands, 5-20 cm long/tall.

Leaves:
Mostly entire and hairless, 1-2 cm long, the basal leaves few, lanceolate and sometimes forming a small rosette, the stem leaves alternate, linear to linear-oblong, progressively reduced upwards, ultimately to bracts.

Flowers:
Inflorescences loose, of 2 or 3 stalked flowers per branch, the stalks curved or bent downwards, gland-dotted; corollas white or pale yellow, sometimes bluish-tipped, bell-shaped, 1.5-3 mm long, the short tube flaring to five lobes from 1/2 to as long as the tube; calyces 1/2 as long as the corollas.

Fruits:
Capsules, spherical, with 1-seeded chambers; seeds ellipsoid, becoming sticky when moistened.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gilia tenerrima A. Gray
Gilia tenerrima A. Gray