Index / Search / Giliastrum acerosum
§1 Plant
Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydb.
vernacular bluebowls — species · Polemoniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Giliastrum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 78 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 78 counties across 6 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Brewster 48043
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Coke 48081
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- DeWitt 48123
- Ector 48135
- Ellis 48139
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jones 48253
- Lubbock 48303
- Maverick 48323
- Midland 48329
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sterling 48431
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Yoakum 48501
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GIAC4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4056199 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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