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Phacelia fremontii (Frmont's phacelia) is a flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the southwestern United States. Its range includes the Mojave Desert. It was named for John C. Frmont. P. fremontii is an annual plant growing 7-30 centimeter tall, with deeply lobed or compound leaves 1.5-5 centimeter long. The flowers are blue to lavender with a yellow throat, 7-15 millimeter long (rarely to 20 millimeter). The plant grows in gravelly and sandy soils in most of the desert. It can also be found in varied mountain, valley, and plateau habitat types.
Annual herb
3 - 12 in Tall
Purple, Yellow, Lavender, Blue
Spring
Full Sun
Very Low
Fast
Prefers sandy to granular soils.
For propagating by seed: No treatment may give some germination. Addition of a small amount of charate over the sown seeds greatly improves germination ( Keeley and Keeley 1982).
Sandy or gravelly soils, grassy places
Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Valley Grassland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 7 likely
Geranium Plume Moth
Amblyptilia pica
Oso Flaco Flightless Moth
Areniscythris brachypteris
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana