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Pronunciation: saul-too-JEE-lee-a SPLEN-dens (Most people pronounce this saul-too-GILL-ee-a)*
Common name: Splendid woodland-gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Openings in brush or woods, chaparral, foothill woodland, yellow pine forest, San Jacintos, San Gabriels, San Bernardinos to Monterey Co.
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Saltugilia 2) splendens
NOTE: Ssp. splendens and ssp. grantii in some areas seem to intergrade and can be difficult to differentiate
**When an epithet is derived from a personal name, an attempt should be made to preserve the pronunciation of the original name, which in this case is Gilii. In Italian a ‘g’ before an ‘i’ has a soft rather than a hard sound, and ‘i’ is pronounced as ‘ee’, so Gilia should properly be said as ‘JEE-lee-uh.’ Most people however will continue to say it as GIL-ee-a.