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Phacelia bolanderi is a species of flowering plant known by several common names, including Bolander's phacelia, Bolander's scorpionweed, blue-flowered grape-leaf, and caterpillar flower. It bears attractive papery inch-wide purple, lavender, or blue flowers and strongly toothed leaves which resemble those of grape. The plant blooms later than most others, and is commonly in flower during the hottest summer months. The plant is native to Oregon and coastal northern California. It was named for the California botanist Henry Nicholas Bolander.
Annual herb, Perennial herb
5 - 40 in Tall
Lavender, Purple, Blue
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
Moderate
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17
Bluffs, canyons, slopes
Red Fir Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 5 likely
Geranium Plume Moth
Amblyptilia pica
Oso Flaco Flightless Moth
Areniscythris brachypteris
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana