Phacelia distans (Common Phacelia, Distant Phacelia)

3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA

3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, Eastern Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills,

Riverside County, CA

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

4/3/11 Meccacopia Trail, Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/24/17 Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia Wilderness, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

4/3/17 Ricardo Campground, Red Rock Canyon State Park,
Kern County, CA

4/3/17 Ricardo Campground, Red Rock Canyon State Park,
Kern County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Common Phacelia; Distant Phacelia

SPECIES: Phacelia distans

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 15–80 cm

Stem decumbent to erect, simple to branched at base, puberulent, sparsely stiff-hairy, finely glandular above

Leaf 20–100(150) mm; blade >> petiole, 1–2-compound, segments obtuse to toothed

Flower generally subsessile; calyx lobes 3–4 mm, 4–5 mm in fruit, generally unequal, oblong to oblanceolate, densely hairy, glandular; corolla 6–9 mm, funnel- to bell-shaped, whitish to blue, deciduous, scales ovate; stamens 8–12 mm, glabrous; style 7–12 mm, glabrous

Fruit 2–3 mm, ± spheric, puberulent

Seeds 2–4, 2–3 mm, pitted

Ecology: Common. Clay to rocky soils, slopes

Elevation: < 2100 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s North Coast Ranges, s Sacramento Valley (Sutter Buttes), San Joaquin Valley, Central Western California, Southwestern California, East of Sierra Nevada, Desert 

Distribution outside California: s Nevada, n Mexico

Flowering time: Mar–May
Synonyms: P. cinerea Eastw
Horticultural information: SUN, DRN: 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.