species 7,945 observations
Desert Bluebells
Phacelia campanularia
Field notes
Supports All
84
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Painted Lady, Zeller's Ethmia Moth
2
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Phacelia Shortface, Chelostoma californicum, Blue-Phacelia Miner, Baker's Phacelia-Shortface
12
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
White-bowed Smoothwing
1
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
California Digger Bee, Oblique Streaktail, Red-eared Blister Beetle, Pseudomasaris coquilletti
69
Children
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.