Spiny Blue Bowls
Giliastrum acerosum (Gilia rigidula)

Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
AKA: Desert Blue Gilia, Bluebowls
Photo taken on: May 16, 2010
Location: White Rock, NM
Life Zones: Foothills
Habitat: Dry open gravelly areas

Grows low to the ground with needle-like leaves. Flowers are ½" across.