Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia brachyloba is a species of phacelia known by the common name shortlobe phacelia. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in the coastal mountains, canyons, and valleys, often emerging in areas recently burned. It is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 60 centimeters. It is hairy and hairy. The lance-shaped leaves are lobed or divided into lobed leaflets. The hairy, hairy flower cluster is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is up to a centimeter wide with a lavender, pink, or white corolla and a yellow throat.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

3 - 24 in Tall

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Color

Pink

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Open or burned, sandy places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 9 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

Annaphila ida

Oso Flaco Flightless Moth

Areniscythris brachypteris

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana