Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia adenophora is a species of phacelia known by the common name hairy yellow phacelia. It is native to the northwestern United States where it can be found in Oregon, northeastern California, and northwestern Nevada. It grows in mountain and plateau habitat. This is an annual herb producing decumbent, creeping, spreading, or upright branched stems up to 40 centimeters long. The leaves are oblong in shape and deeply lobed, measuring up to 3 centimeters long. The flower cluster is a one-sided cyme of many bell-shaped flowers each under a centimeter long. Unlike many phacelias, which bloom in shades of blue and purple, this species has yellow to golden flowers. The fruit is a fuzzy, oblong capsule a few millimeters in length containing up to 14 seeds.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

4 - 16 in Tall

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Color

Yellow

Sun

Full Sun

Site type

Flats and slopes

Plant communities

Sagebrush Scrub

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica