Phacelia cicutaria (Caterpillar Phacelia)

4/9/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, 
Los Angeles County, CA

 5/18/01 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

4/30/00 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Caterpillar Phacelia

SPECIES: Phacelia cicutaria

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (Borage Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/30/2000

LOCATION: Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual 18–60 cm

Stem ascending to erect, simple to branched, stiff-hairy, glandular

Leaf 20–150 mm; blade generally > petiole, ovate to ± oblong, deeply lobed to compound, segments toothed

Flower: pedicel 0.5–3 mm; calyx lobes 6–8 mm, 9–12 mm in fruit, ± linear, long-hairy, glandular; corolla 8–12 mm, bell-shaped, lavender to yellowish, deciduous, scales elliptic; stamens 8–12 mm, glabrous; style 8–12 mm, short-hairy

Fruit 3–4 mm, ± spheric, sparsely short-hairy

Seeds 2–4, 2–3 mm, pitted

Ecology: Gravelly or rocky slopes, chaparral, oak/pine woodland, grassland

Elevation: < 1400 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountain Area, South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California, w Desert 

Distribution outside California: Baja California