Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope

Carried by 1 nurseries

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Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Plant description

Phacelia crenulata is a species of phacelia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include notch-leaved phacelia and cleftleaf wild heliotrope. It is an annual plant growing 7-60 centimeter tall, with crenate to deeply lobed leaves up to 8 to 12 centimeters in length. The flowers are violet to blue-purple in color and up to one centimeter long.

Plant overview

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

3 - 24 in Tall

Color

Purple, Blue

Flowering season

Spring

Landscaping information

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Natural setting

Site type

Sandy gravelly washes, slopes

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Wildlife supported

Bees

Butterflies

See all

Pollinators supported

5 confirmed and 220 likely

Likely
Confirmed

Anthidium palmarum

Conanthalictus caerulescens

White-lined Sphinx Moth

Hyles lineata

Lasioglossum tegulariforme

Crops supported See all

Peppers

Capsicum annuum

Coffee

Coffea

Prunes

Prunus domestica

Daikon

Raphanus sativus

Alternative names

Common names:

Notch-leaved Phacelia, Heliotrope Phacelia, Cleftleaf Wild Heliotrope

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