Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia breweri is a species of phacelia known by the common name Brewer's phacelia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the mountain ranges in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a member of the flora in chaparral, woodland, and other local habitat. It is a branching annual herb spreading or growing upright to a maximum height near 45 centimeters. It is glandular and coated in soft and coarse hairs. The lance-shaped or oval leaves are up to 4 centimeters long, the lower ones lobed. The hairy inflorescence is a crowded, one-sided, curving or coiling cyme of many bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is about half a centimeter wide and light blue in color.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

4 - 18 in Tall

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Color

White

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Clepsis fucana

Bilobed Looper Moth

Megalographa biloba