species 23,160 observations
Distant Phacelia
Phacelia distans
Field notes
Phacelia distans is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae, known by the common names distant phacelia and distant scorpionweed. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including forest, woodland, chaparral, grassland, and meadows.
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95
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Oso Flaco Flightless Moth, Ethmia brevistriga
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
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Painted Lady, Variable Checkerspot, Funereal Duskywing
80
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.