Phacelia humilis

Low phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Low phacelia is a California native annual found in dry, open areas at moderate elevations. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces delicate lavender to violet bell-shaped flowers approximately 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with erect stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall that are short-stiff-hairy and sometimes branched at the base, it has a distinctive sparse and glandular appearance. Its leaves are primarily elliptic to ovate, measuring 10 to 40 millimeters long, with the lowest leaves appearing opposite and having blades significantly longer than their petioles. The fruit is small, ovoid, and short-hairy, containing one to four finely pitted seeds.

California counties: Tuolumne, Inyo, Modoc, Plumas, Mono, Calaveras, Alpine, Placer, Sierra, Lassen, El Dorado, Nevada, Siskiyou, Mariposa, Tulare, Kern, Fresno, San Bernardino

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