Phacelia heterophylla var. virgata
Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Phacelia heterophylla is a California native perennial herb found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, northern and central Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin in slopes, flats, and roadsides at elevations of 100 to 2,900 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white to lavender bell-shaped flowers 4 to 7 millimeters long with prominent stamens. Growing with a central erect stem 20 to 120 centimeters tall and stiff-hairy lateral branches, it develops a weak, ascending habit. Its leaves are mostly basal, with blades 50 to 150 millimeters long, lanceolate to ovate, and often deeply dissected into 5 to 9 segments with prominent veins. The fruit is a small ovoid structure 2.5 to 4 millimeters long, covered in stiff hairs and containing 1 to 3 pitted seeds.
Habitat: Slopes, flats, roadsides
Bloom period: May-Sep
Elevation: 100-2900 m
Bioregions: NW, CaR, n&c SN, GB
California counties: Butte, Siskiyou, El Dorado, Mono, Madera, Shasta, Glenn, Lassen, Plumas, Tehama, Placer, Sierra
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.