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Low Phacelia
Phacelia humilis
  
About Low Phacelia (Phacelia humilis) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant 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 Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
1.9 - 8.4 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Purple

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Flats and meadows

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 6.1" - 70.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.23" - 2.46", Coldest Month: 24.2" - 49.5", Hottest Month: 47.5" - 80.3", Humidity: 0.49" - 29.07", Elevation: 347" - 9761"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Low Scorpionweed


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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