Phacelia pedicellata

Pedicellate phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Pedicellate phacelia is a California native annual herb found in the Mojave Desert (Bioregion D) in sandy or gravelly washes and canyons at elevations below 1,400 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces lavender to purple (occasionally white) flowers in delicate bell-shaped corollas about 5 to 7 millimeters long. Growing 12 to 50 centimeters tall with erect, short-stiff-hairy stems that are aromatic and sparingly branched, it has a distinctive growth habit. Its leaves are complex, with proximal leaves having 3 to 7 rounded leaflets and distal leaves featuring 3 generally rounded segments, measuring 20 to 120 millimeters in length. The plant produces small, nearly spherical fruits about 3 to 3.5 millimeters long, with seeds featuring uniquely corrugated margins and pitted surfaces.

Habitat: Sandy or gravelly washes, canyons

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 1400 m

Bioregions: D

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo, Imperial, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles

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