Phacelia ramosissima (Branching Phacelia)

7/5/16 Parker Lake trailhead, Parker Lake Road off 

June Lake Loop (SR 158), Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

8/7/17 Beach access trail from Oceano Campground, Pismo State Beach,
San Luis Obispo County, CA 

8/7/17 Beach access trail from Oceano Campground, Pismo State Beach,
San Luis Obispo County, CA 

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills,
Riverside County, CA

 3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/23/19 Harford Springs Reserve

 3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Branching Phacelia

SPECIES: Phacelia ramosissima

FAMILY: Boraginaceae (Borage Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/5/2016

LOCATION: Parker Lake trailhead, Parker Lake Rd. off  June Lake Loop (SR 158), Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 30--150 cm. 

Stem: prostrate to ascending, many-branched, glabrous or densely hairy, glandular or not. 

Leaf: blade 40--200 mm, generally > petiole, oblong to widely ovate, compound; leaflets +- sessile, elliptic to oblong, coarsely toothed or lobed, lobes often toothed. 

Flower: calyx lobes 3--6 mm, generally not longer in fruit, +- not alike, lanceolate to ovate to oblanceolate to +- spoon-shaped; corolla 5--8 mm, funnel- to bell-shaped, white to lavender to blue, scales fused to filament bases, ovate; stamens 7--10 mm, unequal, glabrous, filaments white or purple; style 7--10 mm, cleft 2/3, glabrous. 

Fruit: 3--4 mm, ovoid, stiff-hairy. 

Seed: 2--4, 2--3 mm, pitted. 

Ecology: Diverse habitats, including sand dunes, salt marshes, coastal bluffs, canyons, washes, flats, meadows, conifer forest; 

Elevation: < 3800 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NW (exc NCoRO), CaRH, SN, CW, SW (exc s ChI), Wrn, SNE, n DMtns; 

Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Apr--Oct 

eFlora Treatment Author: Genevieve K. Walden, Robert Patterson, Laura M. Garrison & Debra R. Hansen