Phacelia neglecta

Alkali phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Alkali phacelia is a California native annual found in the southern Desert region on clay or alkaline flats and slopes at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces cream-white flowers in delicate funnel- to bell-shaped clusters approximately 4 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with ascending to erect stems 3 to 20 centimeters tall that are short-stiff-hairy and glandular, it has an aromatic quality. Its basal leaves are approximately round, 10 to 50 millimeters long, with wavy to crenate edges. The small spherical fruit contains 60 to 100 seeds, each about 1 millimeter long with 4 to 7 cross-furrows.

Habitat: Clay or alkaline soils, flats, slopes

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: D

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Imperial, Tulare, San Diego

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