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Branching Phacelia
Phacelia ramosissima
  
About Branching Phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima) 6 Nurseries Carry This Plant Phacelia ramosissima is a species in the Boraginaceae (Borage) family known by the common name Branching Phacelia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the southwestern United States, where it can be found in many types of habitats. It is variable in appearance, and there are many intergrading Varieties: In general it is a spreading or sprawling prostrate or upright perennial herb which may approach 1.5 meters in stem length. It is hairless to densely hairy, and some people detect an unpleasant odor from the glandular hairs. The leaves are 4 to 20 centimeters long and most are divided into several toothed or lobed leaflets. The flower cluster is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is under a centimeter long and white to lavender in color with protruding stamens.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb, Perennial herb

Size
Size
1 - 4 ft tall
1.5 ft wide

Form
Form
Spreading

Dormancy
Dormancy
Summer Deciduous

Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrant - Unpleasant

Flower Color
Flower Color
Lavender, White

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Part Shade

Moisture
Moisture
Low

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Cold Tolerance
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to -10° F

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast, Standing

Soil Description
Soil Description
Prefers sand or sandstone. Soil PH: 4.0 - 8.0

Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Companion Plants
Companion Plants
Due to its wide distribution, it can be used with virtually any coastal, chaparral, sage scrub, or woodland plants

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 22, 23, 24*

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Found in various settings including dunes, edges of salt marshes, coastal bluffs, canyons, washes, flats, meadows, and conifer forests

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.4" - 76.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 3.48", Coldest Month: 23.5" - 61.5", Hottest Month: 45.8" - 88.0", Humidity: 0.41" - 41.64", Elevation: -228" - 10581"


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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