Phacelia hastata

Mountain phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Mountain phacelia is a California native perennial herb found in alpine and subalpine habitats at elevations from moderate to high mountain regions. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces delicate white to lavender flowers in small urn- to bell-shaped clusters around 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 5 to 50 centimeters tall, it has an upright habit with stems that are generally not glandular. Its leaves are mostly basal, with blade-like structures 15 to 120 millimeters long, typically lanceolate to widely elliptic and often with prominent veins. Small fruits are stiff-hairy and contain one to three seeds that are pitted in roughly longitudinal rows.

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Tulare, Los Angeles, Madera, Mono, El Dorado, Sierra, Mendocino, Siskiyou, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Trinity, Del Norte, Humboldt, Tuolumne, Shasta, Alpine, Nevada, Fresno, Kings, Mariposa, Tehama

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