Phacelia brachyloba

Short lobed phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Short lobed phacelia is a California native annual found in southern coastal ranges and southwestern California in open or burned sandy areas at elevations below 2,300 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces white or pink flowers in funnel- to bell-shaped corollas approximately 10 to 15 millimeters in diameter with yellow flower tube throats. Growing 7 to 60 centimeters tall with generally erect stems that are simple or branched at the base and covered in short hairs, the plant has a distinctly aromatic quality. Its leaves are 15 to 45 millimeters long, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, deeply lobed or compound with segments that can be entire or toothed. Each plant produces 10 to 25 small seeds in an ovoid, compressed fruit with a short beak.

Habitat: Open or burned, sandy areas

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 2300 m

Bioregions: SCoR, SW (exc ChI)

California counties: Riverside, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Benito, Merced, Marin

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.