Phacelia congdonii

Congdon's phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Congdon's phacelia is a California native annual found in central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi, and eastern Western Transverse Ranges in open chaparral and oak/pine woodland areas at elevations of 600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to June, this delicate plant produces lavender to violet flowers 6 to 10 millimeters long in funnel-shaped clusters. Growing with ascending to erect stems 5 to 35 centimeters tall, it develops simple or lightly branched stems with sparse short hairs. Its leaves are primarily basal, elliptic to ovate, ranging 10 to 50 millimeters long, with proximal leaves typically larger than distal leaves. The fruit is an ovoid structure 5 to 7 millimeters long, containing 6 to 12 small, pitted seeds.

Habitat: Open areas, slopes, in chaparral, oak/pine woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 600-2000 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNF, Teh, e WTR.

California counties: Kern, Fresno, Tulare, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Alameda

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