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Phacelia rattanii
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Rattan's Phacelia
( Phacelia rattanii )
Phacelia rattanii
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About Rattan's Phacelia (Phacelia rattanii)
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Phacelia rattanii
is a species of phacelia known by the common name Rattan's phacelia. It is native to northern California, Nevada, and the West Coast of the United States. It can be found in mountain and foothill habitats, in shaded crevices and on steep slopes.
Phacelia rattanii
is an annual herb growing 15 centimeters to one meter in maximum stem length, taking an erect, branching form. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs and bristles with bulbous bases. The leaves are oval, toothed or lobed, and up to about 7 centimeters long. The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers each no more than half a centimeter long. The flowers are white to light blue and are surrounded by calyces of sepals coated in long hairs.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
0.49 - 3.3 ft tall
Flower Color
White
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 7
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
*
Oso Flaco Flightless Moth
Areniscythris brachypteris
Areniscythris brachypteris
*
Clepsis fucana
Clepsis fucana
*
Stamnodes albiapicata
Stamnodes albiapicata
*
Chionodes nanodella
Chionodes nanodella
Landscaping Information
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 13.9" - 78.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.18" - 1.43", Coldest Month: 36.7" - 50.5", Hottest Month: 62.4" - 77.0", Humidity: 0.41" - 24.95", Elevation: 246" - 4744"
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Rattan's Phacelia
Phacelia rattanii
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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