Phacelia cookei

Cooke's phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Cooke's phacelia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in northern California Ranges around Mount Shasta in open volcanic and sandy scrub areas at elevations of 1,300 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from June to July, this delicate plant produces small white flowers with lavender veins, nestled partly within its leaves. Growing with prostrate to ascending stems 2 to 15 centimeters tall, it branches at the base and remains low to the ground. Its leaves are generally elliptic, approximately 10 to 20 millimeters long, with proximal and distal leaves of similar size. The tiny fruits are ovoid, 2 to 3 millimeters long, and lightly covered with short hairs.

Habitat: Open areas, volcanic, sandy soils, scrub

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 1300-1700 m

Bioregions: n CaRH (Mount Shasta).

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