Phacelia floribunda

Many-flowered phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Many-flowered phacelia is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the southern Channel Islands including San Clemente and Santa Barbara islands in coastal-sage scrub habitats at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from February to May, this plant produces pale blue to lavender bell-shaped flowers 5 to 8 millimeters long with distinctive purple pollen. Growing 10 to 60 centimeters tall with erect, branched stems that are minutely glandular-soft-hairy, it has an aromatic quality. Its leaves are approximately ovate and compound, with 50 to 180 millimeters of leaflets that are scalloped or lobed, creating a delicate, intricate foliage structure. The fruit is small, ovoid, and short-hairy, containing 1 to 4 pitted seeds.

Habitat: Ravines, generally coastal-sage scrub

Bloom period: Feb-May

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: s ChI (San Clemente, Santa Barbara islands)

California counties: Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura

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