Phacelia racemosa

Racemose phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Racemose phacelia is a California native annual found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, and northern Sierra Nevada on gravelly to rocky slopes and in conifer forest at elevations of 1,500 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white flowers with pale blue tube and delicate yellow scales, small and nestled among narrow linear leaves. Growing with erect stems 4 to 18 centimeters tall, often unbranched or with few branches and appearing compact. Its leaves are linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10 to 40 millimeters long, with proximal to mid-stem leaves arranged opposite and tapering smoothly to the base. The tiny fruit is spherical, 2 to 3.5 millimeters long, and typically contains four finely pitted seeds.

Habitat: Gravelly to rocky slopes, conifer forest

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1500-3000 m

Bioregions: KR, CaR, n&ampc SN.

California counties: Placer, El Dorado, Butte, Tuolumne, Nevada, Shasta, Plumas, Fresno, Sierra, Orange, Tehama, Trinity, Mariposa, Madera, Alameda, Amador, Alpine, Lassen, Siskiyou, Calaveras

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