Phacelia divaricata

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Divaricating phacelia is a California native annual herb found in southern Northwestern California, central Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area, and northern southern Coast Ranges in open areas, chaparral, woodland, and grassland at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces lavender to violet flowers 10 to 15 millimeters long in funnel-shaped clusters. Growing with decumbent to erect stems 9 to 40 centimeters tall that are simple or branched at the base and covered in short hairs, it has a delicate, spreading growth habit. Its leaves are 10 to 80 millimeters long, elliptic to narrowly ovate, and may have irregular lobes at the base. The fruit is ovoid, 5 to 10 millimeters long, with short hairy seeds that are pitted and approximately 1 to 1.5 millimeters in size.

Habitat: Open areas, chaparral, woodland, grassland

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: s NW, CCo, SnFrB, n SCoRI.

California counties: San Mateo, San Benito, Marin, Santa Clara, Mendocino, Alameda, Napa, Colusa, Sonoma, Contra Costa, Monterey, Lake, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo

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