Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 12, October 1946
"Yellow" Scarlet Gilia
By O. L. Wallis, Ranger-Naturalist
In the area west of Vidae Ridge, on
August 2, I discovered two plants of scarlet gilia (Gilia aggregata
(Pursh) Spreng.) with lemon yellow flowers. One plant was 45 cm tall and
had 56 flowers. The second had three stems, the longest of which was 33
cm; 25 flowers grew on the three stems. Although mutants of this type
are comparatively rare, Ranger-Naturalist Elmer I. Applegate collected
one such plant on August 1, 1939, on the road below the old campgrounds.
This plant had five stems, the longest of which was 32 cm, and bore a
total of 55 flowers.
