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Phacelia davidsonii is a species of phacelia known by the common name Davidson's phacelia. It is native to California and Nevada, where it grows in mountains and foothills in chaparral and forest habitats. In California it is found in the Southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges. Phacelia davidsonii is plant is often very similar in appearance to Phacelia curvipes and was once considered a variety of that species. It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length near 20 centimeters. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and up to 7 centimeters long, the lower ones divided into leaflets and the upper ones smaller and lobed. Phacelia davidsonii is plant is often very similar in appearance to Phacelia curvipes and was once considered a variety of that species. It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length near 20 centimeters. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and up to 7 centimeters long, the lower ones divided into leaflets and the upper ones smaller and lobed. The hairy inflorescence is a showy curving cluster of bell-shaped flowers each up to 1. 5 centimeter long. The flowers are white-throated with deep purple lobes.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 12 in Tall

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Color

Purple

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 8 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

Annaphila ida

Oso Flaco Flightless Moth

Areniscythris brachypteris

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana