Galloping Gilias

The Gilia Flower gallops in the West.
(How many mustangs gobble up its blossom?)
It covers mountains--hillside, slope and crest.
(The Skyrocket Scarlet Gilia is awesome.)
The Downy Gilia desert sentinels
(in red, blue, pink, white, purple, orange or yellow)
have pentagon petals shaped like tubes or bells
(its rough stem makes it quite a sticky fellow).
The sixty kinds plus new varieties
(especially the Gilia called Prickly),
adapt to newer habitats with ease
(as Gilias create new hybrids quickly).
When God made galloping Gilias He smiled
(so fast His Gospel spread, though not so wild).

                             -- by Pete Voelz       2002