Phacelia peirsoniana

Peirson's phacelia, Peirson's Phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Peirson's phacelia is a California native annual herb found in northern Owens Valley in rocky slopes, sagebrush scrub, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 1,500 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces delicate white to violet flowers in narrowly bell-shaped clusters 4 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with erect stems 4 to 30 centimeters tall, it has a simple to branched structure with sparse short stiff hairs and a subtle aromatic quality. Its leaves are rounded, 10 to 60 millimeters long, with crenate or irregular tooth edges, typically shorter than their petioles. The fruit contains 20 to 50 small pitted seeds, each approximately 1 millimeter long.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, canyons, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1500-2700 m

Bioregions: n SNE

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