Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia crenulata is a species of phacelia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include notch-leaved phacelia and cleftleaf wild heliotrope. It is an annual plant growing 7-60 centimeter tall, with crenate to deeply lobed leaves up to 8 to 12 centimeters in length. The flowers are violet to blue-purple in color and up to one centimeter long.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

3 - 24 in Tall

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Color

Purple, Blue

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Sandy gravelly washes, slopes

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 4 likely

Confirmed Likely

Annaphila ida

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Ethmia brevistriga

Bilobed Looper Moth

Megalographa biloba