Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phacelia stellaris is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names star phacelia and Brand's phacelia. Phacelia stellaris is an annual herb producing a spreading, branching stem up to about 25 centimeters long and lightly hairy in texture. The leaves are lance-shaped to oval with lobed edges, sometimes divided into smaller leaflets. The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers, each roughly half a centimeter long. The five-lobed flowers are pale blue or purple in color.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 10 in Tall

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Color

Lavender

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 8 likely

Confirmed Likely

Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

Annaphila ida

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Chionodes nanodella