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Mount Diablo Phacelia
( Phacelia phacelioides )
Phacelia phacelioides
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About Mount Diablo Phacelia (Phacelia phacelioides)
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Phacelia phacelioides
, the Mt. Diablo phacelia, is a species of phacelia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from about 20 occurrences in the coastal mountain ranges of the inner San Francisco Bay Area, including Mount Diablo. It is a resident of chaparral and woodland habitat. The Mt. Diablo phacelia,
Phacelia phacelioides
, is an annual herb growing an upright, mostly unbranched stem up to 20 centimeters long. It is coated in soft and stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 8 or 10 centimeters long with rounded or oval blades borne on petioles. The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of narrow bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is roughly half a centimeter long and white to lavender in color, sometimes with darker purple streaks. It is surrounded by a calyx of long, densely hairy sepals.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
1.9 - 7.9 in tall
Flower Color
White
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4
likely
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Bilobed Looper Moth
Megalographa biloba
Megalographa biloba
*
Geranium Plume Moth
Amblyptilia pica
Amblyptilia pica
*
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Argyrotaenia franciscana
*
Clepsis fucana
Clepsis fucana
Landscaping Information
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 15.2" - 28.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.27" - 0.59", Coldest Month: 46.3" - 50.5", Hottest Month: 62.7" - 72.0", Humidity: 2.88" - 21.06", Elevation: 1473" - 5244"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Mt. Diablo Phacelia, Mt. Diablo Scorpionweed
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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