Phacelia brachyloba is a species of phacelia known by the common name shortlobe phacelia. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in the coastal mountains, canyons, and valleys, often emerging in areas recently burned. It is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 60 centimeters. It is hairy and hairy. The lance-shaped leaves are lobed or divided into lobed leaflets. The hairy, hairy flower cluster is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is up to a centimeter wide with a lavender, pink, or white corolla and a yellow throat.