Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia humilis is a species of phacelia known by the common name low phacelia. It is native to the western United States from central Washington to central California, where it grows in mountain and foothill habitat. It is an annual herb with an erect stem growing up to 20 centimeters tall. It is hairy and coated in stiff hairs. The oval leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters long. The flower cluster is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped purple flowers. Each flower is roughly half a centimeter long and surrounded by a calyx of sepals which are coated densely in long, straight, white hairs. Most instances of this plant are var. humilis. A second variety, var. dudleyi, is known only from the Sierra Nevada and adjacent Tehachapi Mountains of California.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 8 in Tall

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Color

Purple

Sun

Full Sun

Site type

Flats and meadows

Plant communities

Northern Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

3 confirmed and 256 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Urban Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana

Central Bumble Bee

Bombus centralis

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee

Bombus vandykei

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

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Onions

Allium cepa

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Canola

Brassica napus

Peppers

Capsicum annuum